Sudhir, Oh, well, I had never seen it and thought it hilarious for some holiday cheeer. (sorry if a repost to you) Its my belief that SERIOUS metal is still attached to the bumper that tore away from the chassis. It ripped the steel welds apart and once it started to go it could pull the whole rear section. The right side metal did not pull out the same way just the left did where it separated from the chassis. If as you say they had only attached the hook to the rear plastic bumper material the hook would have ripped the plastic on the first tug. He hooked it securely, the problem is the car had enough bite into the snow to anchor it, something has to give, the Ford Explorer or what ever the tow vehicle was had enough weight to ripp the steel apart. He also allowed slack in the tow strap and then gunned it. so you have a stationary mass issue that could have done this even if the vehicle was not stuck. Doug
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sudhir Desai" <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:07 PM Subject: Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
> That vid is a few years old. > The dudes did not attach the towstrap to anything but the bumper cover > which is why it flexed so much. > > A couple of my friends and I repeated the happenings with his soon to > be cubed cavalier. Hooked the towstrap to the reinforced lip under > the bumper cover and used my van to yank. :D Needless to say, we > ripped the rear off like that one. It sure was fun though. > > sudhir. |
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