Recovery points!

[Bogrolls]

in light of yesterdays tragic incident i encourage all antilaggers to ensure your 4b has proper recovery points for vehicle recovery
for less than a few cartons of beer and an afternoons spannerwork you can increase dramatically the safety of yourself and others with some rated recovery points and shackles available from many 4wd stores/websites
the simplest being the reece hitch recovery point
and perhaps some rated front brackets that will accept a load rated shacle pin

happy 4wding!

[South]

Better yet, do a 4WD course so you understand recovery techniques, so you will know when some numpty tries to recover you it's being done safely.

RIP, what a waste, poor family!

[XF Falcon]

Shit, what happened yesterday? Didn't watch the news.

[eScoRt20]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/10077878/woman-dies-in-geraldton-towing-mishap/

doesn't say if they were snatching, or just trying to tow the stuck car out, but given that it has snapped a tow ball, i guess they were snatching.

[mys1]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/freak-beach-accident-claims-mother-of-three/story-e6frg13u-1226118702921

[DRKWRX]

very sad, for something that could have been avoided very easily.

[Bombaman]

Even if you dont have a rear recovery point, removing the towball and putting a bow shakle in the hole is better than this, also the usage of a dampner might of saved her life

[tinto]

What a horrible way to go - I can't imagine how the family is feeling.
It is one of the text book accidents they talk about when you do a 4x4 course - alarming to hear about it happening.

I did my course years ago through these guys - http://www.eureka4wd.com.au/ - I recommend it.
No question is a dumb one and plenty of take home reading materials.

[DESAM8+PANIK]

I have used just the snatch in the hole with the pin that locates the reece hitch .... but by far a proper tow hitch with a shackle is the go

[Passage GT]

i got stuck the other night and was saying the same thing to the old man about using the tow ball, tragic to see something like this happen, i haven't snatched using the towball of mine, i bought a recovery point but i can't remove the existing tow hitch, she is well stuck in there
any ideas on how to get it out?

[Niva]

use it to snatch someone out

[Mad_Aussie]

That's sickening, feel so sorry for the family.
I've been taught from a very young age never to tow/snatch from a towball due to this happening... Hearing about it actually happening is pretty horrible.

[Bogrolls]

blue and red spanner trav.

[Passage GT]

yeah i think it's my last resort john, you got one handy?

[mr_mike]

Yeh people have no idea the forces at work when doing a snatch recovery. A full pull snatch on a snatch strap it springs back with about 16t of force check a tow ball they are rated at 250kg horizontal force.

Either put the snatch strap eye thru the pin in a Reece hitch, or a shackle thru the hole the tow ball bolts thru both of these ways are more than adequate to to do a recovery.

[Bogrolls]

nar i dont get my new service ute till next month sometime so no portable oxy until then