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O/T Beaten with a chain

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bradk

06-17-2006 09:43:26

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Here's a couple pics of a 96 Chevy 4x4 that came in my shop.Apparently,the truck got stuck in the mud,and some kids tried to pull it out.
First they hooked a chain to the bumper which ruined it.Next they hooked a chain to the frame supports and when it tore them,it also tore out the wire harness for the tail lamps & trailer harness.Finally when hooked on the main-frame,the chain broke & slapped the roof..OUCH!!
I asked the kid if it scared him & he said "it scared the sh_t out of me".Lesson learned?I hope so.~brad

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MF294-4

06-18-2006 06:40:18

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

Local young farmer killed by a chain breaking a few years ago. Brother high centered his lowboy last year and hooked the backhoe on it, chain link came through the front windshield and hit the back one. Danger everywhere. Are straps as bad?

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Dan-IA

06-17-2006 20:50:50

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

Yow. I think if I'd seen these pictures before I did it, I would have thought twice today before I decided to go solo and remove a satellite dish (the big 8-foot type.) Now, the dish itself ain't bad. Loosen the bolts, tie on a chain off the front of the loader, and pull it off. Easy.

The bad part comes when they say "okay, now pull the pole out too." A sage word of advice: don't use a loader to pull the pole. I've busted up a good loader doing that. But using the 2-point on the back and tying as low and tight as you can get... Works fine, except for that one idiot neighbor I got that put his dish in and it looks like they dumped about 5 yards of concrete right on top of the ground. Don't know of much that'll move that one.

Got the dish down, but I gotta pour new concrete where I wanna put it.

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Billy NY

06-17-2006 20:40:32

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

Not good to say the least. Years ago while running a D-6 on a 100 acre subdivision job, I was grading a pad off, when the the guy on the vibratory roller got stuck. The site was nasty and although the bad weather had passed, some spots were still like peanut butter, lots of clay, silt and topsoil muck. Instead of taking a dry road to get to the pad, he decided to take a shortcut and got stuck, another dozer operator hooked onto him, the suction was too strong, he broke a 3/8" chain and the link that flew off hit my o.r.o.p.s upright, left quite a dent, hit like a bullet. Did not take long for a brawl to occur during break over that one, they hired a whole bunch of green operators, who did not get along with us regulars on this job.

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marlowe

06-17-2006 14:59:20

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

i got marks 1 in. left of my spine and 1 ft. long from 25 years ago when the chain broke and da- neer killed me broke six ribs and poked a hole in one side of my lung trust me it hurts

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Cliff Neubauer

06-17-2006 10:56:39

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

If that chain had hit a few inches lower the driver would have probably been killed. The key to pulling with chains is to have a good chain (high grade), hook to something that won't give and give a solid steady pull. Someday I'd like to put together a 10 ton hydrualic drive winch that would fit on the tractor's 3pt for the really tough pulling.

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Brian in Ohio

06-17-2006 09:58:04

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

I'd be inclined to leave the scar on the roof of the truck... Subtle reminder...

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bradk

06-17-2006 09:45:01

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:43:26

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Ron,ar

06-17-2006 10:07:55

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to bradk, 06-17-2006 09:45:01

I watched some guys try to pull a pickup out of the sand at the beach one year. The tide had come up overnight and the wheels just sank in the wet sand down to the frame. A 4X4 tried to pullit out, chain broke and took out both rear windshields of the two vehicles. I took them my shovel, told them to dig it out, it would drive out. Sure enough, after about an hour of digging sand they just drove it out. Even little kids know "Never go to the beach without a shovel" :^)

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Lloyd Llama

06-17-2006 17:09:02

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to Ron,ar, 06-17-2006 10:07:55

Years ago, a friend of mine - a Chevy dealer had a black walnut tree at the back of his lot. About the time the walnuts would start to fall each year he would go out, hook the chain from his wrecker to the tree, with plenty of slack, and then let the wrecker roll forward in neutral, until the chain would come tight, jerking the tree a good one, and bringing the walnuts thundering down. That saved a lot of dents and stains on the cars inadvertantly parked under the tree. One fall, he went out to do his annual chore - except the wrecker operator failed to inform him that he had really reefed on the cahin recovering a smashed car the nite before..... Chain snapped, whipped around, took the whole lightbar off the roof of the wrecker - demolished it.. Nuff said.

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jimNCal

06-17-2006 17:29:52

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Re: O/T Beaten with a chain in reply to Lloyd Llama, 06-17-2006 17:09:02

GOOD post! We can ALL use the occasional reminder about the stuff we take for granted most days. Cable is worse! Years ago, while I was being fussed over by a fine(female)paramedic, a 'Good Samaritan' decided to winch my motorcycle back up onto the road where I had launched it (and me) down into a snow drift after hitting ice in the mountains. When it snagged hard enough to snap the cable, it took off the top of his Jeep and the SOB wanted ME to pay for it! I told him he was already lucky enough to still have his fool head and pissing me off more than he already had wasn't in his best interest. He drove off in a 'convertible'. lol

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