Tow chain/ Tug chain for assisting other drivers?

I’ll translate what they mean: “well you can #### in kitty litter but not pea gravel”

 

I personally like salt.

It melts the ice.

And I'll still take my chains over straps.

 

A bottle of bleach.

 

I used my tire chains once. Backed up to the other guys trailer, hooked the chains and gave a slight tug. He was on flat ground and was just stuck on a little ice. Only moved him a foot or so but it saved him a tow bill.

 

Dont try to pull someone by using the DOT bumper, you will just tear it off or bend it. If you need to pull with the trailer then run the strap/chain around the rear trailer axle. Just be sure not to pinch an air, electrical, or ABS line between the strap/chain and the axle.

Ive done this before myself. I got back to the yard late one night to find 4 trucks (2 with loaded trailers) stuck and trying to get out to run thier routes. I pulled them all with my trailer through 50 feet of 2 foot deep snow drifts by attaching to my rear trailer axle and pulling steady, only bumping them lightly to get them moving.

 

Nope not better just easier to carry oil dry and store while being almost as cheap.
By the way a rinsed out and dried wide mouthed DEF jug stores more in almost the same space as 2 or 3 coffee cans.

 

I just wanted to tell everyone please whatever chain that you use make sure it's large enough and strong enough and whatever you do make sure everyone is completely out of the way.

I know someone that was permanently injured because they were trying to tow something and I don't know if the chain wasn't connected correctly or if it wasn't heavy enough but that person is seriously injured for life.

Please be careful.

 

There is merit to the "yanking strap". That "jerk"( not a person) helps get things moving, where a "dead pull" may not. I heard, why a train has all that slack in the couplings when starting out, if it was tight, the engines couldn't move it. Again, like mentioned, you might want to be a good fellow and help, but I doubt they will pay for any damage.

 

He's also an experienced tow operator, and his Jeep is heavily modified and setup for off-road recovery.

To the comments about using a strap vs a chain, Ronnie Dahl, 4 Wheeling Australia has a two part video showing the dangers of chains and straps for recovering stuck vehicles, while his videos specifically center around not using a tow ball for hook point, it gets the point across of how dangerous it is. Regardless of which you decide to use, drape a blanket, jacket or something else over the strap or chain so that if it snaps, it will drop to the ground and not become a potentially lethal missle.