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JZ
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Salt flats rescue of a Tacoma
Ppl hitting the Pacific coast in Baja might want to watch this one.
https://youtu.be/TUSpD_waiEQ
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Thanks. Spent an hour and half right now on that guys YouTube channel. Good stuff.
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For those with winches, take note:
Never use your winch the way they did as a tow strap. It is not designed for that type of load and will break. Warn does sell parts for rebuilding.
Don't ask me how I know (Warn M12000). Use a winch for winching, and use a recovery strap/rope for towing.
Another note: Open the hood while winching. And weight the wire rope (cable). That prevents broken windshields and skulls if something in the
retrieval system breaks.
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Quote: Originally posted by Maderita  | For those with winches, take note:
Never use your winch the way they did as a tow strap. It is not designed for that type of load and will break. Warn does sell parts for rebuilding.
Don't ask me how I know (Warn M12000). Use a winch for winching, and use a recovery strap/rope for towing.
Another note: Open the hood while winching. And weight the wire rope (cable). That prevents broken windshields and skulls if something in the
retrieval system breaks. |
You need to watch more of his videos. This was a special rescue.
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I was also surprised that he did not pull him straight but instead at an angle. I wonder what was in the Tacoma driver's head that made him leave the
well-worn path like he did?
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I got the answer David
David, you asked "what was in the driver's head?"
It shows a complete lack of understanding about driving on "dry" lake beds, or more likely it brings to mind the familiar phrase 'sh** for brains'
I know, because we were more than half a day in a similar situation at Cronese Dry Lake in the east Mojave. Always carry a shovel.
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | I was also surprised that he did not pull him straight but instead at an angle. I wonder what was in the Tacoma driver's head that made him leave the
well-worn path like he did? |
My first thought was, it's gonna go over.
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Brings to mind the the tide flats north of El Datil. Take the wrong line across those and you might be in the same situation.
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All I could think of was "corrosion, corrosion, corrosion"!
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Imagine what that recovery would be like if they were racing against a 20+ foot incoming tide. That is what the silt beds in Cook Inlet (AK) are
like!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Could be a set up and made for video?? Fun to watch anyway.
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stunned but not surprised to see "professional" rescue guys doing almost everything wrong
most rescues/recoveries on youtube are dead wrong - but someone entertaining
I especially like the reversed concept of entertainment - they pay for you to be entertained
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | Imagine what that recovery would be like if they were racing against a 20+ foot incoming tide. That is what the silt beds in Cook Inlet (AK) are
like! |
Sounds like you just described vehicle recovery in San Felipe. I've retrieved dozens of vehicles, often in the nick of time with the tide lapping at
the tires or door sills. I never need to bring beer; it is given to me, jajaja
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The guy posts a video of a couple rescues every single day.
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | stunned but not surprised to see "professional" rescue guys doing almost everything wrong
most rescues/recoveries on youtube are dead wrong - but someone entertaining
I especially like the reversed concept of entertainment - they pay for you to be entertained |
This one might have been off, but 99% of the time he's doing it right.
Curious how you would have attracted this one. A much longer kinetic rope would have helped greatly.
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | stunned but not surprised to see "professional" rescue guys doing almost everything wrong
most rescues/recoveries on youtube are dead wrong - but someone entertaining
I especially like the reversed concept of entertainment - they pay for you to be entertained |
Glad you saw some of what I saw... Maybe it is a Millennial way to extract stuck 4x4s? 
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | stunned but not surprised to see "professional" rescue guys doing almost everything wrong
most rescues/recoveries on youtube are dead wrong - but someone entertaining
I especially like the reversed concept of entertainment - they pay for you to be entertained |
Glad you saw some of what I saw... Maybe it is a Millennial way to extract stuck 4x4s? |
I think the rescue was fine, it worked, nothing appeared broken. He did not pull direct from rear due to bad ground to rear. He had 2 trucks/2
winches. Winches are made for pulling, if your winch is incapable, you just need a bigger winch. Using a yank strap would be another problem, the
vehicles with winches were on soft ground. No one wants to break thru that soft ground and sink in nasty salt flat mud that is corrosive.
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Using a yank strap would be another problem, the vehicles with winches were on soft ground. No one wants to break thru that soft ground and sink in
nasty salt flat mud that is corrosive. |
This is what changed things from his normal rescues. He was very worried about getting his own truck stuck.
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The U-turn is what sunk the Taco! Notice that they had already tried using ramps to back out, but they sunk too.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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