FJ Cruiser Rollover

[safir]

This happened to us last Thursday, the truck did a 270.

Still shots of the truck on its side and video shows us pulling it back right way up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWj9Ot4X92w

 

[Mtbcoach]

Looks like it wasn't too severe, hope you made sure the engine was cleared before trying to start it...

 

[bkfj40]

strap + winch = bad idea

 

[safir]

strap + winch = bad idea

thanks for the advice, can you explain why?

 

[NCPinz]

For rolling a vehicle back over, using the strap is not an issue. If you are extracting someone, then the story is different. The tension on a winch cable when rolling the FJC back over is very low.

 

[Gumby]

thanks for the advice, can you explain why?

The strap, if it is the stretching kind, will load with a lot of power. If it breaks the winch cable and hook will whip back with a lot of deadly force.

If it is the non-stretching kind no big deal. we do it every time we use a tree saver.

 

[safir]

The strap, if it is the stretching kind, will load with a lot of power. If it breaks the winch cable and hook will whip back with a lot of deadly force.

If it is the non-stretching kind no big deal. we do it every time we use a tree saver.

i see, so best to avoid the giant sling shot scenario, good to know and thanks much.

the strap we used was the non-stretching type.