92sr5yota

Wow that pic reminds me of me last fall, an f350 had troubles getting me out he had to give me about 4 good yanks and now my front tow hook is bent.

881stGenRunner

its down on the Barrington Farms part of the trail and if you go off to the left it is like a swamp.

meswoleshane

nice!

sdstud212001

Those Jeeps with body lifs aways pop out of 4Lo. My bro has one and the fix is to trim the shift boot. Weird huh?

Sucks about your hitch I have the marlin crawlwer bumper for our runners and it bolts directly to the fram and I have not had any trouble yet (knock on wood)

TFJ-4runner

I figured it was around there somewhere. The ranger must of been Brett's

881stGenRunner

yup it was.

Tacoclimber

Chains kill people. Use recovery straps, not chains, not "tow straps", not climbing rope, not surf leashes, not hemp necklaces woven together. Spend the money and get a recovery strap!!!!!

881stGenRunner

well we know this now, and there was no way the chain was gonna break before anything else would. It was freaking huge. A 4'x30" strap should be coming soon.

bruzer1123

What's wrong with climbing rope! Kidding....actually I used it once on my girlfriends car. Nice and slow. Worked, but the only reason I used it was due to the fact I had been cleaning my truck out (took the strap out) and only had the rope. Never again....always have the strap now.

Good thing the brackets were tweaked and not the frame! I would rather have to deal with remaking brackets than a screwed up frame.

Reminds me of the time a co-worker got a FL-70 buried up to the plow frame in someones yard. He tried pulling it out with his Xterra (w. a chain)=broken rear window and scratched roof. He then went for something bigger-went home and got a 5-ton military truck hooked the chain up to that. I don't think I have ever seen anything pull so easily as that-he idled the FL-70 right out. Insane.

QUick question....I always thought it was okay to use chain as long as there was constant pressure (no jerking, etc). Yeah or neah?

glenyoshida

Nice Pics. That's pretty amazing how much force a small yank can make on somthing that doesn't give.

Tacoclimber

The problem with using a chain in any situation is if a chain link explodes under pressure, that's like grenade shrapnel. All it takes is for one link to give. I've seen picture of busted rear windows, mangled front and rear ends, etc. I guess in an emergency situation, and you have no other options, but as a rule, I wouldn't use one if I had the option. I definitely wouldn't use one for a snatch recovery. Perhaps for towing, but even then I would avoid it if I could...

But that's just my opinion, FWIW.