Fatal Towing Accident

[Reach]

Oh so a shock dampener in the middle.
Get it.

Yes, that pretty much describes it.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

I’m not certain, but I don’t think so. I don’t believe a tire is springy enough, I think it will largely dampen the forces similar to how a dynamic strap would work.

I’d want to be certain tbh.

 

[TimBr]

The full article is here.

@Reach You were right. They took a "running start" to try and yank the truck out of the mud.

Welcome to the TreeBuzz forum, @Bradley Kreider!
Great first post, thank you for going to the trouble of finding and posting the original source material.

I hope to see you around here in the future.

Use the forum's search utility to find older archived threads of interest to you. Best wishes. TimBr.

 

[Reach]

I’d want to be certain tbh.

I’m certain that the trick works, farmers have been doing it since the days of steam traction engines, and some still do today. I’m not sure how it works, exactly, but I know it does work.

 

[southsoundtree]

Hard rigging isn't for shock loading.

Where is that drop-test video comparing XTC to (very substantially stronger) dyneema?

 

[Treetopflyer]

@evo The tire trick is simple and effective if you have a spare tire to possibly waste onsite , wrapping the chain or a static line around with some slack so the tire compresses in the strap and stretches as you pull and catches then pulls without the shock being applied to other parts as much.. i guess you could use to seperate straps with tire in center i suppose just never did it that way..this is the same theory as to why they came up with Bubba ropes and all these other very stretchy snatch and recovery ropes.. I thought for deadeye sling with block on end they would be great for negative rigging certain situations and even made a thread about it sometime ago I think. I used to dump chips in a spot that was close, free and convenient except was prone to getting stuck with 20 year or more of chips breaking down..

 

[flushcut]

I thought I read it was a static rope too?

I read that too. The accident was unfortunate and sad for sure but could have been prevented.