Fuddyduddy1952
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Lorena Bobbitt had one I think.
I would gladly run one as a demo for a few months here on the farm. You still have to come back with a brush cutter or a grapple and grind or remove everything.How you can use one of these:
The "give" in the kinetic roads is what cushions the jolt to both vehicles and suspensions.
The flat straps with hooks don't provide near the advantage the stretch ropes do.
I grew up with chains and wire cables, then tried the straps (never really cared for them) and now the ropes, the ropes are much better and easier on the equipment.
For those prices i'll stick with what I know. That How-to video FAQ says to buy a rope with 4X the rated capacity you expect to yank out.The "give" in the kinetic roads is what cushions the jolt to both vehicles and suspensions.
The flat straps with hooks don't provide near the advantage the stretch ropes do.
I grew up with chains and wire cables, then tried the straps (never really cared for them) and now the ropes, the ropes are much better and easier on the equipment.
Wow they trashed that RV.For those prices i'll stick with what I know. That How-to video FAQ says to buy a rope with 4X the rated capacity you expect to yank out.
This is a "how-to not" use a Yankum rope:
Sparks is always in too big of a hurry. He doesn't think things through before he acts. That looked like a class 3 hitch, class 4 at best. Used for pulling a little light trailer with a small vehicle on the back. It was never deigned to yank a big ol commercial bus out of sand that was up to it's axles.Wow they trashed that RV.
Sparks is always in too big of a hurry. He doesn't think things through before he acts. That looked like a class 3 hitch, class 4 at best. Used for pulling a little light trailer with a small vehicle on the back. It was never deigned to yank a big ol commercial bus out of sand that was up to it's axles.
The obvious action would be to place thick wide boards under the leveling jacks,(unless it had air-leveling) lift the MH to the limit of the jacks, then place boards under the wheels. Repeat until the wheels were on boards above ground level.To be fair he usually does those recoveries for free and I’m not sure how much chance there there ever was of getting that out without some damage. RVs weren’t designed to be stuck that severely from any point of view.
The obvious action would be to place thick wide boards under the leveling jacks,(unless it had air-leveling) lift the MH to the limit of the jacks, then place boards under the wheels. Repeat until the wheels were on boards above ground level.
Then begin recovery. I bet that made the owners insurance company howl.
That trailer hitch had, at most a 15,000# rating; between 2 vehicles that each weigh over 30,000#minimum.
The use of that 2.5" Yankum rope was totally wrong, and the sand that got inside the rope will never come out= short rope lifespan.
Top link is good...adding a tilt cylinder makes it a complete grading machine.Bought a hydraulic top link for the 3 point. Going to make the box blade much more efficient.
It's an arsenal......I bought 2k rounds of 9mm Blazer 115g FMJ for practice shooting.