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Title: Interesting video concerning towing....and recovery....
Post by: Stewart G Griffin on August 31, 2022, 09:25:27 PM

This popped in my feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3BkeeXlIo

Title: Re: Interesting video concerning towing....and recovery....
Post by: 78 Chevyrado on September 01, 2022, 04:28:35 AM

I saw that.   Dang that opened my eyes a lot about BS ways I was doing it to save time.  Thats scary.  I'm gonna be buying some new equipment.

Title: Re: Interesting video concerning towing....and recovery....
Post by: Stewart G Griffin on September 04, 2022, 08:35:01 AM

Yeah, i always thought shank and ball would be the ideal way to tow someone out.  NOPE.   

i guess what we can take away from the video is that a ball may be rated at say, 5000 lbs.    But what it really means is it can handle a 5000 lb trailer with normal resistance----on pavement, not buried in 12" mud.