Had to get pulled out by a dually....
.....and to make matters even worse it was a Chevy. I drove my truck into about a foot and a half of snow with a generator on behind. I knew it was risky with racing slicks on for tires but figured if...
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Vulcaneer wrote:4x4ord wrote:
The dually didn't need to go in quite as deep but if you have never witnessed it before you would be amazed to see what happens when an 8000 lb truck gets going and hits the end of a good tow strap.
Edit: And yes, it was a crew cab 4x4 dually diesel with a steel deck on the back.
And you might be amazed, when you see a good tow strap GO SNAP when yanked hard by an 8000 pound truck on one one and another stuck 8000 pound truck on the other end. Glad there was no problem. But next time, maybe you should not let anyone do that.
I've had a dear friend suffer a major face rebuild when a chain snapped while she was pulling her husband out of the mud on a tractor. And she was just pulling steady. Nearly (very nearly) killed her. And never pull something without covering the strap/chain with a heavy cloth, blanket, jacket, or something.
Not for nuthin...but that photo above doesn't really look like that much snow.;)
A good tow strap can absorb an awful lot of energy so when they do go snap they can almost explode. Usually when they break it is because they were cut by something. I had kind of a flimsy ball hitch that I looped the strap over yesterday and I see the Chevy bent it.
Where the photo was taken the snow was not very deep. That was the point where I pulled off the road but the snow got quite deep once I got into the field a ways. When the truck stopped the snow was up to the running boards. I never actually measured how deep the snow was ... 18" might be a bit of a stretch.
