- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Vehicle recoveries can be fun, they can be exciting, and they can be dangerous.
Take-aways from my pre-coffee head:
Crawl - Walk - Walk a little faster with your KERR or Snatch Strap pulls, if more force is needed, do your shovel work, dig, lift, or re-think. While there are some proclaiming (or often doing) kinetic energy recoveries with speeds in excess of 5mph, the forces generated at those speeds are discouraged by many and the results can be exactly what we witness in this video.
Use properly rated gear and attachment points. The victim in this scenario is pointing to the amazon random brand soft shackle as the failure point and ultimately it was. The failure was the noose/loop as shown in the pic below. However it's also very likely the speed/mass combination yielded a load on that gear in excess of the soft shackles rating. Additionally, the soft shackle was rigged through a hard edge mount on the Jeep's bumper and while it was used with a protective sheath and it appears the knot failed, we don't have a clear picture of how it was rigged and how the soft shackle was oriented to begin.
Get proper training on how/when to use said gear. Buying the gear is the easy part. Knowing how and when to confidently use a KERR versus a tow strap, versus a winch recovery is the part that comes from training and experience. Total bias but I recommend I4WDTA Certified Trainers.
I totally appreciate the OP (Caleb) for being willing to share this experience and let others learn from it. I've got similar videos and pictures from other similar KERR mis-haps that resulted in damage and even a totaled truck BUT they were shared with me under the understanding I can't share them. Caleb made a good PSA out of this.
Take-aways from my pre-coffee head:
Crawl - Walk - Walk a little faster with your KERR or Snatch Strap pulls, if more force is needed, do your shovel work, dig, lift, or re-think. While there are some proclaiming (or often doing) kinetic energy recoveries with speeds in excess of 5mph, the forces generated at those speeds are discouraged by many and the results can be exactly what we witness in this video.
Use properly rated gear and attachment points. The victim in this scenario is pointing to the amazon random brand soft shackle as the failure point and ultimately it was. The failure was the noose/loop as shown in the pic below. However it's also very likely the speed/mass combination yielded a load on that gear in excess of the soft shackles rating. Additionally, the soft shackle was rigged through a hard edge mount on the Jeep's bumper and while it was used with a protective sheath and it appears the knot failed, we don't have a clear picture of how it was rigged and how the soft shackle was oriented to begin.
Get proper training on how/when to use said gear. Buying the gear is the easy part. Knowing how and when to confidently use a KERR versus a tow strap, versus a winch recovery is the part that comes from training and experience. Total bias but I recommend I4WDTA Certified Trainers.
I totally appreciate the OP (Caleb) for being willing to share this experience and let others learn from it. I've got similar videos and pictures from other similar KERR mis-haps that resulted in damage and even a totaled truck BUT they were shared with me under the understanding I can't share them. Caleb made a good PSA out of this.
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