Posted by AAA on Monday, January 20, 2003 at 3:15PM :
In Reply to: not for the un-trained posted by mike stone on Monday, January 20, 2003 at 2:18PM :
about a month ago, a friend of mine Steve stopped by on a Saturday, beer in hand.
He drank many beers while I worked, he watched. Then he wanted to demonstrate how to use his electric winch, that he just fixed on his 74 4x4 Chevy, for two months he has owned it.
He started spooling it out, so I grabbed the hook and walked towards the tree, on a uphill grade. I asked for a chain to wrap around the tree, he said he didnt need a chain, just go around the tree and hook back onto the cable.
He is standing outside the truck with his remote and starts winching slowly. I am telling his drunk self that he should stop as the cable is not hooked properly. He does not listen, just keeps winching, I tell him again to stop. Then the cable lets loose, the truck starts rolling backwards.
He tries to get in the truck, opens the door, falls down, I grab him in time so the front wheel ONLY runs over his ankle. The door hits a utility pole, smashing his door all the way forward into the fender, and the truck stops. He is lucky the truck did not kill him, or me.
Moral of the story, don't drink and winch.
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