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this post looks like it has some good potential for some darwin awards, anybody have any carnage pics/ vid's from improper recovery methods? (no fatality stuff please) mabye some damaged trucks? broken chains? bent stuff?????2cents
AGHHHH NO !!!!!! THOSE HOOKS CAN TURN INTO A DEADLY MISSILE WHEN THEY BEND AND SLIP !!!!!!!! (SEEN IT HAPPEN) just buy one with sewn/weeved loops and SCREW pin clevises, dont buy cheep clevises either.
i broke 2 3/8 #43 chains trying to pull a 8-9000lb tractor out of the mud with my 1028 if this tells you anything (i was aplying the "jerk" method, a known no no w/ chains) i would invest in a 6in 30-50ft strap LONG BEFORE even thinking of a chain.
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