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thumbs:
ive used kinetics for years now, never normally have more then 3 attempts at it! didnt know the rope had a knot in it.

he asked for assistance, didnt sound like he new what he was doing to be honest. was very sloppy everywhere, no way in a million years would you have got traction takeing up the strain 1st.

i aint gona winch out some random bloke thats come up to me, i explained that to him, when my 500 quid winch goes bang i foot the bill!!!!
mates is a diferent matter but no way to a stranger in them circumstances, if it was just a easy pull then its differnt. i certainly aint worried about useing or getting it dirty!

i had drove that section before hand and had to winch myself out, no one had drove it straight through, that i see allday.

rope brakeing was just one off them things, bloke said theyd broke one the week before so............

i have defo seen worse recoverys then that, was nothing wrong with that other then rope failure in my eyes! poor equipment maintenece at the most!

stevegreen:
Sorry thumbs but if you think that you did nothing wrong there then that is really alarming :shock:

If you were undertaking the recovery then you are responsible for checking the equipment being used - if for no other reason then ensuring it is not likely to damage your vehicle.  I'm not necessarily talking about spending a long time checking every inch of a rope in fine detail.  But a knot in a KERR is pretty easy to see.  Failing to notice a knot in a KERR which renders the rope unusable is your fault.  If someone was seriously injured who do you think the Police would be talking to?

I am assuming that the rope belonged to the guy that was stuck but by your own admission he didn't appear to know what he was doing and you say you have been using KERR for years.

If you consult any of the KERR manufacturers, or major sellers or indeed look at the MOD instructions for use then you will see that your technique is exactly what is warned what not to do.

In my time in the military the use of KERR ropes was restricted to armoured vehicles only as misuse of them with soft skinned vehicles was an accident waiting to happen.

I don't want to sound like I have never made a mistake offroad.  We all make mistakes but you should face up to them and learn a valuable lesson.  Next time you might not get off so lightly.

Range Rover Blues:
I think the name is missleading, Kinetic Energy, as Bulli and Eyore have said, the rops actually absorb a lot of the energy involved in stretching them.  I use mine a lot for towing, but I hate doing that drive-it-like-you-stole-it style recovery.  The best thing about a kinetic is that is will contract and keep some tension on, so if you are towing a vehicle and you yourself are struglling for grip, you don't get lots of small tugs on your towbar that stop you in your tracks.  They are also usefull for recovery with a hand-winch as you can store energy in the rope.


But all ropes have a breaking point.

thumbs:
well at the end off the day you live and learn dont ya, all went tits up but no one was hurt thats the main thing!

no point getting up on high horse about it!

davidlandy:
I must admit that seeing this recovery it looked no different from any other KERR recovery that I have witnessed.

I have never seen anybody use one these that just carefully takes up the slack then pulls gently.  

As for me - well I dont use one as I am biased towards straps!

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