The best way to get your car out of the snow is by using a Kenworth tractor and an 8000lb-test chain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdxdwyDR ... annel_page
Pulling my car out of the snow.....
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Don't tow with a chain
Chains are a very dangerous way of towing, due to the random directions that they fly, if they break.
A spliced wire strop is much safer, as it is more inclined to just go limp, if it breaks.
A spliced wire strop is much safer, as it is more inclined to just go limp, if it breaks.
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I'd guess that's why he used a 8,000 pound test chain doubled. Could probably pull the car in two before that would break.
I once was attempting to pull a 1946 Dodge flatbed out of my front yard where I had gotten it stuck (but not bogged) on some slick ground. A friend was in my old station wagon applying the pull while I steered and powered the truck forward. Sure enough, the chain (which was undersized and old) broke, and I watched it fly back across the hood and into the windshield. I got lucky and it only left a star in the laminated safety glass, but the lesson was pretty clear, a lot of energy invested in something that's not very elastic can still lash out and get you.
I once was attempting to pull a 1946 Dodge flatbed out of my front yard where I had gotten it stuck (but not bogged) on some slick ground. A friend was in my old station wagon applying the pull while I steered and powered the truck forward. Sure enough, the chain (which was undersized and old) broke, and I watched it fly back across the hood and into the windshield. I got lucky and it only left a star in the laminated safety glass, but the lesson was pretty clear, a lot of energy invested in something that's not very elastic can still lash out and get you.
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