Towing out snowed in cars - a cautionary tale!

Looks expensive. Better to dig out, or give the towing job to someone with a brain.

You'd think the bloody idiots would have used a shovel! Do these people have no brains?

I saw an Espace try to drive straight through a gravel trap at Le Mans last year. Tractor then hooked onto it and neatly ripped the recovery eye off. I think they used a forklift in the end.

David

LMAO!!!!!!!

Did I imagine it, or was the towing eye attached to a flimsy plastic panel?

The hook was attached to tie down on the bumper mount. it ripped it straight out of the unibody frame.

Marc

That's really not a towing eye. There for tie down during tansport.. Ask any tow truck operator, he will never attach to those things..

I'm sure the insurance co. would have prefered he had called a tow truck (or purchased a snow shovel).

Steve

Steve ( snipped-for-privacy@hctc.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Have to admit, my first thought was "Why not just push it forward and dig some snow out the way, you idle git?"

Not to mention NOT trying to pull the car thru the snow pile at the end of the driveway....

Mike

Simple answer to all the queries regarding this mishap can be summed up in one word

American {:-)

Lol, why is it that stupid bastards always have a video camera handy but whenever I do something cool no one is around to tape it.

Probably to the bumper mount which is flimsy stamped metal.

I think this video would be a good candidate for Americas Funniest Home Videos. (or what ever it's called).

Steve

There is a newer program on Fox that may be more appropriate, Outrageous Videos or similar name. It already had a video of some doofus pulling a tree with a jeep. Actually had the thing pulled down, but then said doofus decided to try to pull the roots loose by making a quick high speed yank on the cable.

Now Now

did the cable snap and bust the back of the guys head open? or did jeep get pulled in half?

rhys

Looked like mostly just the front bumper and its attaching pieces went flying everywhere. Sadly, the guy's head survived, possibly due to being heavily protected by his prostate at the time.

I put it up on my website at

Peter

"America's Biggest Cretins" is the one you're thinking of.

Did anyone save it? I've seen it but wanted to show it to a few people. I get 404 when I go to the link...:-(