PSA: Freak accident kills man

Like I said. Pull it out backwards from the way it came in. I even do that with a tractor.

 

I said as much, in the post you quoted.
Seems like a simple application of physics.
Just looking for things I might be missing. Someone mentioned multiple pull vehicles...that didn’t even occur to me.

 

Negative. I've seen 5/8" logging chain snap and recoil through the grille and radiator of a motorhome on a flat pull, not even stuck bad. Tow vehicle (a log skidder) should have taken all of the slack out before pulling. Probably only went a foot before the slack came out but the result was ugly.

 

"LIKE that"...

They don't snap back with the force of a stretched nylon strap.

I didn't say chains would not recoil at all...

They are much safer than nylon straps.

One of the first things you learn in docking large ships is to watch the nylon lines to see if they are melting or smoking as they stretch and to pay out line so they don't. People get cut in half by stretched nylon lines that snap.