How good are Your safety chains?

[Skooter76]

See article... https://www.eastidahonews.com/.../crews-rescue-idaho.../

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

JFC! I think mine are good but I wouldn’t trust them enough to try that!!

 

[Great White North Eh]

That’s off the chain.. . Technically I guess it is on the chain! Check out that rear steer option on that Cheby.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Dibs on the 14bolt since he got the rear axle delete. Save that for a project.

 

[Cseybert]

That’s a Ford I believe?

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Yet, people ask me why I carry climbing rope in my recovery bag...

 

[Eatonpcat]

That’s a Ford I believe?

I concur!!

 

[Pronto]

Dang, you'd think that was a movie set. That's got to be a rather uncomfortable view while hanging by your seatbelt. I don't think his old lady is going to be going RV'n anymore.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

He’s gonna wanna inflate that right rear tire before getting on down the road.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

That’s a Ford I believe?

Thats for sure a superduty judging by the front suspension its late 7.3 or early 6.0 more likely the latter seeing the rear sensors

 

[Brutal_HO]

That event certainly has been making the rounds online.

Glad they lived through it.

That said (you know it's coming)...

He hated his Ford that much?
Those tires grip so much better than the Transforce they put on RAM. I wonder what PSI he runs? Beadlocks?
I wonder what size fuel tank the Ford's have?
At least it wasn't an AUH.
It's only aluminum and rust, how heavy could it be?

H3LZSN1P3R " See, you don't need a WDH."

P.S. Looks like that trucker threw him an extra chain or two for good measure. Good on him!

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Thats for sure a superduty judging by the front suspension its late 7.3 or early 6.0 more likely the latter seeing the rear sensors

If it was a 6.oh they probably cut the cord as soon as the occupants were safe.

 

[McHenry2500]

H3LZSN1P3R " See, you don't need a WDH."

To be fair, it looks like he did have some model of WDH and yet this still happened.

 

[LateToTheParty]

A little more detail directly from the eastidahonews if you're not a facebook fan. Has some video of the recovery as well.

Crews rescue Idaho couple, dogs from pickup hanging over gorge near Twin Falls - East Idaho News

TWIN FALLS – A pickup truck dangled off a bridge near Twin Falls Monday evening and resulted in what Idaho State Police Troopers describe as a heroic rescue. The crash occurred at 2:42 p.m. on Interstate 84 over Malad Gorge, according to a news release from ISP. The driver of a 2004 F-350 pickup...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

H3LZSN1P3R " See, you don't need a WDH."

Exactly just some decent chains!.... some trailers you gotta have some sorta sway control not all of em lol

 

[Skooter76]

I concur!!

Yes. The article says its an F350.

 

[LossPrev]

I wonder if the police checked his payload sticker? Also...just for good measure..."he should have got a dually"

Glad they made it out alive. I couldn't imagine hanging there for a while just waiting for rescue.

 

[elephantrider]

def a ferd. that had to be scary.

 

[Eatonpcat]

I wonder how it got over the guard rail with so little damage to the front end?

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

I wonder how it got over the guard rail with so little damage to the front end?

I don’t think it went over nose first. I think it jackknifed into the wall like a V and the wall ripped out the rear axle and the front swung over.
That’s just my guess from breaking lots of parts and rolling many times over the years