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James · Posted: Saturday 3rd October 2009, 7:08pm Post subject: What not to do

So this morning in smithton a 17 year old was doing a 'gentle pull' out of a hole. Hooked the tow rope over his mates tow ball. Which then sheared off and was then implanted into his head.

Maybe its not a good idea to hook a rope over a tow ball ever....
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Dave · Posted: Sunday 4th October 2009, 9:19am Post subject:

Is this hearsay or something you ... dealt with?

James · Posted: Sunday 4th October 2009, 9:22am Post subject:

not hear say. happened up on the west coast south of smithton
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Cargill · MFRC Joined: 29 September 2006 Posts: 244 Location: Hobart

Front page todays paper dave

James · Posted: Sunday 4th October 2009, 12:08pm Post subject:

there you go front page of the paper today. dont get papers up this way.
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Macca · Posted: Sunday 4th October 2009, 5:26pm Post subject:

hear that cargill, not a good idea to put the boot in when the snatch is attached to the towball...
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Neil · Posted: Monday 5th October 2009, 4:20pm Post subject:

it took a report in the paper for you to realise that??
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James · Posted: Monday 5th October 2009, 4:23pm Post subject:

my point:
he was doing a gentle pull.
the tow ball must have had some sort of defect (it wasnt found). Best to use solid tow points for everything. youve got them, just spend the extra 10secs and use them. Beats losing 1/2 your head.
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Macca · Posted: Monday 5th October 2009, 4:28pm Post subject:

the paper says it was a gentle pull, but a 8000kg strap to stretch takes around 3000kg of force. so at least that much force was applied b4 the ball failed. id be saying that it was far more than that seeing as the ball was flung the full length of the strap plus some.
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James · Posted: Tuesday 6th October 2009, 12:43am Post subject:

ok... Don't learn from it. Take a toe ball to the head.
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Macca · Posted: Tuesday 6th October 2009, 12:45pm Post subject:

dont be a knob, iv been saying for a long time not to use a towball. all im saying here is that it doesnt need to be a faulty ball for it to fail. they are not designed for those forces. faulty or not.
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