Towed a Cadillac off a beach and my truck wobbled

I knew i should have gone lower

 

Not the hitch ball just the hook ups next to where to hitch would go

 

Jesus tho that’s a lot for a Tacoma lol

 

Use the receiver, the tabs on the side are for safety chains and wont hold up to a good yank. Pull your ball hitch out, use the thick pin and run that through your strap.

 

you got lucky. those tabs are not for that purpose.

wobbled? like when you got back on the road?

 

No lol the title is kind of a joke. I got wheel hop which I wasn’t sure if that was normal when trying to pull a car or not in the sand. I’m glad I got lucky

 

Snatch = Kinetic

Tow = Static

Important to understand the difference.

Arghhhh...

I’m not a fan of anything that becomes popular to the point of being bling....especially when it does a mediocre job in the first place.

 

I yanked a camry out of the mud a while back before using the safety chain hookups. It was a light tug but was enough to bend the loops back. I was able to straighten them back out but i wont use those again. I'm using a hitch mounted pintle hook you see in the pic.

 

It sucks driving when all the headlights do is reflect against the falling snow. The ambient light is usually better, Imo, when it snows at night. Try it this winter. Running lights to be seen.... No headlights so you can actually see.

 

Anyone have any good recommendations on a kinetic recovery rope?

 

Here’s a good thread that I had bookmarked:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/d-shackle-recovery-questions.459341/

 

Yankum. Also the name of my favorite massage place.

 

Almost 2 whole pages and nobody has given him a hard time for doing donuts on the beach? Im amazed.

 

Thanks! Picked up an ARB one linked in that thread.

 

Bubba Rope, 30 feet. And consider a shackle/trailer hitch combo (ball is replaced with a shackle)

 

I figured that wouldn’t go over well here....

 

Have done it, and yes it is easier to see.

 

Lol

 

I don't think I've ever been to Florida and not had to pull someone off the beach. Many of the beaches there are hard packed and fine for any vehicle. Others clearly have "4X4 only beyond this point" signs. But apparently some folks can't read.

 

Not quite.

When your wheels come off the ground during a hop they unload and the whole drive train for that axle spins up....rapidly. When the wheels come back down the subsequent ‘shock’ loading breaks things.