Tug-of-War Don'ts

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:yuck: That's sick! Half of me is saying- What kind of retard wraps a rope around his arm like that? Was he the anchor? The other half says- That's gotta be fake!
Tell me, was it in Weelky World News?

BTW; Was that a hydraulic lifter you had for your avatar? :p
 
Originally posted by Rat Bastid
:yuck: That's sick! Half of me is saying- What kind of retard wraps a rope around his arm like that? Was he the anchor? The other half says- That's gotta be fake!
Tell me, was it in Weelky World News?

BTW; Was that a hydraulic lifter you had for your avatar? :p

For all I know the picture is real. It happened to two guys who were part of a 1,200 Tug-of-War crue. They thought they would get a better grip of the rope it they wraped it around their arm.

No, that was a Croker Ford 289-460 solid lifter. The hydraulic lifter has a second hole and a small corrugation on one of the sides. I thought it was a hydraulic lifter too the first time I saw it.
 
That can't be real.

It looks waaaaay too clean. Almost like it was cut off. It would take a lot of force to rip a arm totallay off. With all the muscles and tendons attached. That can't be real. I don't believe it.
 
its magazine so u knwo how to spell it right cuz u use the word alot

that would hurt so bad

time for me to think of a new strategy... i honestly do that too
 
I am doubtful that this is true..

The arm would have a lot of bruises and marks, especially near the cut. That is a very tiny bandage for an injury of that size. The bandage isn't red from blood at all. The two people with visible faces have their attention somewhere else. In a crowd there is always a few doctors or trauma-nurses ready for action. There should be more people taking care of him.

Nevertheless the picture gives me the creeps.
 
And in general, when a man is dismembered, the limb is usually put somewhere safe and not left out on the ground in a big crowd.
 
After 4 years in the Navy, and as "line Captain" on sea and anchor detail. I can tell you that it is very possible for a snapping line three or more inches in diameter to take off a limb.
Our lines had a small line woven into each end that was an indicator of whether the line was in danger of parting. We called it a "Tattle-tale". I don't know if you are familiar with the docking process. But there are six lines securing a ship to the dock. Three forward (1-4 inch line and 2-3 inch lines), with the same number aft. Most of the time the larger aft line (4-inches) is sent over first and a capstain (a huge winch) is used in conjunction with a tug-boat to get the ship near the pier. The number 4 and 5 lines, and the number 2 and 3 lines cross each other going to the pier to prevent the fore and aft movement of the vessel. Lines 1 and 6 go straight to the pier and are the larger lines, 4 inches in diameter.

As a recruit you are taught three things from the jump. How to fight fire, how to follow orders without question, and that a breaking line can take off a limb if it strikes you.
For a graphic view of this, see the movie "Men of Honor". The injury sustained by the character played by Cuba Gooding JR. is a very real depiction. I wouldn't be suprised if that scene becomes a part of the training curicullum for Boatswain's Mates.
I saw a tattle-tale break once, on a 4-inch (diam.) line. I can not emphasize enough the speed with which we cleared the fantail.
By the time the Chief that was in charge of the fantail hollered "Clear the deck" we were ALL on the Flight deck (one deck up) looking down at the chief.

For the record it was pretty stupid to wrap an arm in the rope. Especially with approximately 600 people on each side. If all the people on the team weighed in at 150 lb. that's about 90,000 lb. of weight (45 tons) on each side of the rope, not even counting the pulling force exerted by each person. That's just stupid!!
 
Yes, Gil I agree that it is not only possible but likely that something like this could happen if you wrap that rope one or two times around your arm. Anyhow imo there are many hints that this particular picture is fake.
 
Originally posted by the_cobbinator
Yeah, especially when they are all looking at something else.
They are looking at the second victim. Two people had their arms ripped off.

Gil, sorry I made a mistake. It was 1,600 people, not 1,200 like I wrote before. So it is even more weight as you said. It is real people.
 
I have seen this picture before. I think it is real. Although I can't be sure because nobody is helping the victim.. Although it is a really good fake if it is.
 
I don't know if it's real or not. However, I know that it is possible for a large diameter rope to sever a limb. That is all I can attest to.
 
Originally posted by Gil
I don't know if it's real or not. However, I know that it is possible for a large diameter rope to sever a limb. That is all I can attest to.

I believe you! I am here in SoCal, and at Disneyland a few years back, this guy was killed when the cleat(?) of a boat ride snapped from the side of the boat, they forgot to unhitch the rope from the boat when they took off, and it flew through the air and hit a guy in the forehead. The cleat(?) crushed his skull, and penetrated about three inches into his head. The rope scrapped across another lady's head, and it took her skin and hair completely off like she was scalped by an Indian.

I found a picture of a sailor who got hit by a flying rope and got his head shattered, but one gross pic is enough, plus I have some respect for our Armed Forces Personnel not to show it. I found the picture be accident.
 
If a cleat parted from the pier that would be about 10 pounds of metal flying thru the air as if it was shot from a sling shot. I bet it would kill or seriously maim anyone it hit.
I am suprised that the cleat broke off rather than the line parting. It must have been set in wood rather than concrete.
 
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