Offroad-Express

Legal bumper for pedestrian impacts??

OUCH

if only he'd had a winch dampener...

If they only stood back away from the danger zone....I don't think a dampener would have helped...

the dampener comment was purely sarcasm...

....would've added insult to injury.

someone should put together a bunch of theese vids and post em up that way any newbee's can watch them all to see what not to do before they go out there and get hurt by flying bumpers, straps and the likes.
funny as tho

he was lucky...

wjw wrote:he was lucky...

very lucky indeed, if that bumper had hit him - choppered out possibly in a body bag

i think the worst thing about this was the technique, it wouldnt have been nearly as bad if they were using a snatch strap.

and fark that guy is lucky. if it came from the other truck it would have been bloody messy.

thats what i was thinking, looks like one of those fat boat ropes which arent made to stretch

bloody lucky!

CLUMZ1 wrote:the dampener comment was purely sarcasm...

....would've added insult to injury.

Hheheheh we need a Smilies for sarcasm

Dirtydog wrote:i think the worst thing about this was the technique, it wouldnt have been nearly as bad if they were using a snatch strap.

and fark that guy is lucky. if it came from the other truck it would have been bloody messy.

If the bar wasn't mounted well, it could also have been worse with a snatch strap, with all that extra energy in the strap wanting to recoil.

Would almost say a bungy would have been better as the rope has no give and shock loads the equipment, however if it did still fail then it would not have been pretty.

bob_or_jim wrote:Would almost say a bungy would have been better as the rope has no give and shock loads the equipment, however if it did still fail then it would not have been pretty.

Shock loading would be worse with rope, but a lot of people don't realise the energy involved with recovery strops and automatically use them without a second thought of other options (winching etc)

jeep drivers eh..........

Rated hook and mounts might have helped too

Dirtydog wrote:i think the worst thing about this was the technique, it wouldnt have been nearly as bad if they were using a snatch strap.

Really...? Na... It'd be far worse. The way a snatch strap works it would have come off the Jeep with twice the force.

No suprises in that vid.
given the experience I had with the trailgear bumper I bought for my TJ which mounted directly onto the shitty arsed factory mounts. The only way to attach a hook to it was to first fab up some chassis tie in brackets to ensure exactly what was shown in that clip couldn't happen. in stock form a heap of their (yanks) bars should never be recovered off. Plenty have the tabs on for shackles (ala the arb front bars) that most have the misconception can be used for snatch recoveries.

Rule No1. Always stand behind somebody else

Sadam_Husain wrote:Rule No1. Always stand behind somebody else

Natures selection policy only we make laws to protect the idiots and they keep breeding.

klompy wrote:Natures selection policy only we make laws to protect the idiots and they keep breeding.

second that

NJV6 wrote:

Dirtydog wrote:i think the worst thing about this was the technique, it wouldnt have been nearly as bad if they were using a snatch strap.

Really...? Na... It'd be far worse. The way a snatch strap works it would have come off the Jeep with twice the force.

how do you know it's not a snatch rope, nylon rope had around 40% stretch and 4wd bits sell these. nylon snatch strap around 20%.

but other than that hilarious when it's not happening to you