Horror stories/lessons learned

[rob love]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Winching can be one of the most dangerous operations done incorrectly. People die or are seriously injured.
Next time throw a chain over the taunt cable, it will act like an arrestor if the cable should snap. Also, shear pins are your friend.

Chain will work....we were taught to put your coat on the cable, as it would also slow down the cable.

Back on the vehicle tech course, both the TQ3 and the TQ5, winching and recovery was a fair bit of time. We would learn the formulas and the methods, and do the calculations. Then we would go back to our units and just about hook everything up one to one. But the lessons of sling loads, line loads, anchors, etc, has always come in handy.