MitchF150
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Watch that mud boys for you boondockers out there! ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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dedmiston
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I didn't watch this whole video, but I love this stuff. I've watched a lot of "Matt's Off Road Recover" videos from Utah and that guy is a saint.
One thing that seemed pretty shocking to me in this video was that they hooked the winch strap to the tow ball, which is a great way to get decapitated. Don't ever try that at home, kiddies
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Grit dog
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dedmiston wrote:I didn't watch this whole video, but I love this stuff. I've watched a lot of "Matt's Off Road Recover" videos from Utah and that guy is a saint.
One thing that seemed pretty shocking to me in this video was that they hooked the winch strap to the tow ball, which is a great way to get decapitated. Don't ever try that at home, kiddies
Except that recent video where he was pulling up a white 1/2 Ton Dodge that was off the edge of an embankment or hill. The embellishment got a little deep!
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JRscooby
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dedmiston wrote:I didn't watch this whole video, but I love this stuff. I've watched a lot of "Matt's Off Road Recover" videos from Utah and that guy is a saint.
One thing that seemed pretty shocking to me in this video was that they hooked the winch strap to the tow ball, which is a great way to get decapitated. Don't ever try that at home, kiddies
When I first started watching MORR, any time they had a job needing a winch Paul at Fab Rats got a call. And doing the job, it looked like Paul was in charge. Back then Matt used a 3-ball deal so he was loading 2. Has sense changed to pintle.
About the hitch ball; When first hooked up, it was just to hold the wrecker in place. (BTW, 1972, owner called me out to a job to haul his KW in. He had chained a big loader to the front of KW, was pulling a stuck dozer. Kinked truck frame) No jerking and not a lot of force. Then winching pickup out, was not dug in, did not much force.
But you are right, anytime rigging for lift or pull you must know the forces involved. And a ball is not much for pulling, and a jerk is worse.
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JaxDad
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Some of us are checking the forum from remote areas, camping if you can imagine…..
Other than the typical cutsie click-bait thread wording is it too much to ask that people CLEARLY state that a click will send someone to a bandwidth crashing, system locking HD video?
Thanks from the remote wilderness of Cannuckistan…..
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ppine
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Some people think that is fun.
Get out and test soft spots. Pulling a trailer is a lot harder than just running free on soft roads. I would have turned around.
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dedmiston
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JaxDad wrote:Some of us are checking the forum from remote areas, camping if you can imagine…..
Other than the typical cutsie click-bait thread wording is it too much to ask that people CLEARLY state that a click will send someone to a bandwidth crashing, system locking HD video?
Thanks from the remote wilderness of Cannuckistan…..
You can hover over the link to see what it's going to be before you click it. That's a good idea regardless of bandwidth to make sure you aren't clicking on something like pr0nhub.
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