Vehicle recovery

[BeaterToyota]

I saw this on another site. This is the reason that you should NEVER use tow straps that have metal hooks at the ends; only use straps with sewn in loops.


6/18/2006, 11:10 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

HEATH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Holland man died after being struck in the head with a piece of metal that was attached to the end of a tow strap being used to pull a truck from the mud in Allegan County, officials said.

Jonathan Blystra, 33, was among a group of friends driving four-wheel drive trucks through a mud bog on Saturday when his truck became stuck, the Allegan County sheriff's department said in a statement.

The group tried to free Blystra's truck with a tow strap attached to another truck, but the strap broke, the department said. The piece of metal went thorough the windshield of Blystra's truck, striking him in the head.

[88rnr86up]

hard way to learn about safely recovering a truck
i have straps with loops no hooks
i dont like to use chains either
wheni get a winch i getting rope

[shortyv6]

that had to be a hell of a head ache

[pbo2274]

I had a buddy back in the day a similar thing had happened. Same scenario got stuck, hooked up and started to pull with just a recovery rope and the damn thing busted and came through the back window of a lifted full size Bronco and shattered his whole face pretty much. It crushed his eye socket and mashed his eye ball. Pretty gross. He was witing to hear back from the NJ state troopers at the time to see if he had been accepted. While he was in the hospital he had found out that he had been accepted. This was like12-13 years ago now. He had to get a glass eyeball and all these metal plates to put his face back together.