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Tow rope misshap


I was pulling a IH 2 bottom plow out of the woods it was rapped up in vines. I did not snatch on it just put truck in 4X4 and easing it out I was inching along the plow was not moving. All of a sudden the plow broke loose I could see it flying at me window high it set down at my back bumper... I guess it flew 20/30 feet those tow ropes are like a rubber band... I no longer have a tow rope in my truck...
 

There is a reason some are called TOW ropes and not snatch straps, etc.
If it has metal hooks or anything metal on the ends it is automatically ONLY a TOW rope.

Smart people often use tools in a stupid way.
 
Had a customer that had a BIG rope made for pulling tractors. I think it was rated like 20,000 Lbs. or some thing. He was pulling a stuck tractor out with his JD 4755. The clevis pin broke. So the yoke of the clevis came flying back at him. He was lucky enough to lay over against the side of the tractor far enough the clevis missed him. The clevis broke the front and back windows out. It hit the Air cleaner stack and muffler hard enough it snapped the turbo neck off. IRC the total on all the repairs was over $3500 25 years ago. He burnt the rope the next day.
 
About 25 years ago friend of my Dad's son was pulling a grain truck out of a corn field with a tow strap and it broke at the the truck being towed and strap with hook came flying back and smashed through rear window of cab on tractor and hit him on the head killing him instantly.

Never liked tow ropes or straps as they act like sling shots if they break. It didn't help that the operator of IH tractor didn't tightened the rope gently before pulling.

JimB
 
My dad had a shackle fail on a dragline crane (1/2 yard Insley) it came through the cab window, dented the rear engine panel, and coiled up inside the
cab with him. missed his head by 8 inches.
My rope wrapped on my jeep bumper is 1" nylon with little stretch. I do not snatch with it for fear of ripping the attachments off of the vehicle I
attach to. Jim
 
You need to have a FB account to open, sorry I don't have one, and wont have one.
 
The guy in the red tractor is an idiot, maybe all of them are since they were probably involved somehow. That rope was 2.5 or 3" diameter but looked like a cheap tow rope to me. Tow ropes and chains do not work very well when subjected to shock loads.
 
Looping a strap or rope around one side of a used tire (single knot)so it is in the near middle of the pull will snub the recoil of a failed strap or connection. Jim
 
Not to bright using that size rope to pull out that large of equipment and jerking it on top of that. We had one chain for using in field if we got stuck and it was 1" 20 FT. long and we pulled them out with a cat d 4 with traction loader on it.
 
Chains, wire rope would be my preference, but I have seen a chain fail and send a chunk of the link at me like a bullet.
Guy had a vibratory roller stuck nearby while I was grading with a D5 with OROPS type operator station. That piece left a dent in it, was like a bullet. I later had words with the offending jerk, then a bit of a tussle when he mouthed off and came after me. It did not work out for him in that endeavor and I started a new job the following Monday. I just could not ignore what happened and had to say something, the guy was so ignorant, he wanted to fight about it. Boy was that a close call, that piece would have killed me, it was near head level. They were trying to get it out without thinking, it went wrong and I just could not believe how narrowly it missed me. Thanks for that OROPS upright and or tube steel column being in the way !!!
 
Tried to watch the video, but apparently I'm now banned from Facebook. Now, in order to do ANYTHING on there now, I have to load up a photo of myself - although they say they'll remove it after I've loaded it up. Some sort of security mess.

Didn't have any problems until my "experience" with Norton yesterday. :twisted:
 
(quoted from post at 20:30:26 09/06/18) About 25 years ago friend of my Dad's son

Had to reread that line a few times

-Friend of my dads son = you = your friend
-Friend of my dads son = your brother = your brothers friend
-Friend of my dads son = your stepbrother = his friend

Finally had another sip of coffee and realized your dad had a friend, lets call him Joe
Joe your dads friend has a son who had a friend who had the mishap.

I am awake now
:D
Click to expand...
 
Something like that happened near East Lynn, MO. years ago. A guy I'd gone to FFA camp with died pretty much like that. gm
 
Had a neighbor that was plowing with a county conversion. Hooked a chain to the other tractor to pull his dad out. Chain snapped, whipped around and wrapped itself around the rollbar- and his neck.

They got a piece of steel mesh the width of the tractor and clamped it to the rollbar the next morning.
 
Got a nephew who just missed getting beaned in the head when a chain broke when him and my BIL were getting a stuck tractor out.

Chain broke and when through the windshield on a 1586 IH. Nephew was driving that tractor. BIL is still afraid of chains.

Rick
 
After reading all the comments about Ropes chains cables etc, I have to say, none of those ropes chains cables or straps failed. What failed was the operator head space. Every device leaves the factory with a manufacturer rating. If a rope says 2,000 lbs, it does not mean 2,000 lbs of weight, it means 2,000 lbs of force, and that is when it is new. Sure, it will take a few more pounds and not fail, but every thing has a life span, and the ability of those devices degrade on a curve that is in proportion to how it was used, abused, and stored. A rope laying in the bed of your truck in the rain snow and sun degrades a heck of a lot faster than it would on a shelf in a closed cabinet.
Probably the biggest example of abuse are the arrestor cables on an aircraft carrier. After every landing, they are graded and derated according to how big and fast the plane was. when they reach a certain point, they are junked.
I'm not smarter, wider, or luckier than the rest of you. I've had my share of OHS failures. I have a chain I keep around as a reminder. It is 1/4in chain and has five bolts in it. That means it broke and was repaired five times. Since I found it along the road, and there is only one hook, I'm guessing it broke a sixth time.
 
Chains, wire rope would be my preference, but I have seen a chain fail and send a chunk of the link at me like a bullet.
Guy had a vibratory roller stuck nearby while I was grading with a D5 with OROPS type operator station. That piece left a dent in it, was like a bullet. I later had words with the offending jerk, then a bit of a tussle when he mouthed off and came after me. It did not work out for him in that endeavor and I started a new job the following Monday. I just could not ignore what happened and had to say something, the guy was so ignorant, he wanted to fight about it. Boy was that a close call, that piece would have killed me, it was near head level. They were trying to get it out without thinking, it went wrong and I just could not believe how narrowly it missed me. Thanks for that OROPS upright and or tube steel column being in the way !!!
 
Well said sir, well said. That's an excellent point, mentioning about how capacity dwindles with use. Is something we all need to remember, but rarely do; I know I rarely remember. However, I have a similar chain, also with a bolt through it, and from a logging truck that went by on the road. Kept it handy as a reminder (not sure where it is now).
 
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