Now This is a Recovery

[Wandering Sagebrush]

It’s also one that I’m thankful I wasn’t on...

 

[Vic Harder]

Impressive! Is it just me, or was there some decidedly "unsafe" jacking and winching in that clip?

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Impressive! Is it just me, or was there some decidedly "unsafe" jacking and winching in that clip?

I’d call that gross negligence on the part of the recovery crew. Thankfully, nothing bad happened.

 

[JWL]

Really? “You want me to pull that rock out?”
wow, wonder what that cost?

 

[AWG_Pics]

Impressive! Is it just me, or was there some decidedly "unsafe" jacking and winching in that clip?

I did something just like that back in the 70's, when I was 23 or so. After thinking about it for a while I bought jack stands and vowed to never do something that stupid again. I was out by myself in the middle of the eastern snake river plain of southern idaho -- if that rig would have slipped off the jack in the minute or so I took to remove the boulder I high centered on, well, i would not be writing this note! I have never told anyone about it before, due to extreme embarrassment and inability to claim I was not terminally stupid.

Maybe I have learned a little bit since then.

 

[Edgewood]

AAA will cover that though right?

 

[rando]

Not to mention some pretty major resource damage.

 

[ski3pin]

Not to mention some pretty major resource damage.

Thank you for that observation, rando. I had to stop watching these videos awhile back.