WINCH CABLE SNAPPED AND WIPED ME OUT! LUCKY ESCAPE! 

Nasty! If I'm doing any winching, I always put a jacket or a bit of old carpet on the winch cable. If it does snap, that will take any 'snap back' out of the flying cable. Glad you lived to tell the tale.

Wow, you're very lucky. I think in any job including life we all become complacent sometimes. Wish you a speedy recovery 💗

Man, stay safe Ben, we need you safe so we get great content to look forward to 😎

Very Lucky indeed.. Accidents can easily happen, ..but at least you have worked out why it happened... and can make sure it does not happen again .....Take care..and stay safe..

It happens, learn, recover and move on! Good to know you use a synthetic line.

So glad you’re ok Ben and not badly hurt or worse so much potential there for it to have been a pretty nasty accident, That is one customer who can definitely get in the sea!

Glad you alright mate

Lucky there, at least you didn't hit your head when you fell on the ground or truck!

Very lucky mate least it wasn't steel line , it happens mate we all forget for a second and that's all it takes see you in the next one .

Oh mate that could have been so much worse. Right attitude, learn and move on, EVERYONE makes mistakes Ben, hope you recover quickly.

WoW glad ya OK pal, nice honesty showing it doesn't always go right but good 2 see ya ethos, ya learn from ya mistakes sh1t happens, take care pal.

Thank god it didn’t hurt you too seriously, I think I had better take notes here😂😂

jeez ben please stay safe get well soon

It's bloody hard not to get distracted when you've got a customer like that, it can happen to the best of us . Glad you ok Ben , i'd make a note of the blokes number so next time you can say no ! one less to worry about 🤣🤣

Well Ben all I can say you’re human. And people make mistakes. You’re here and it’s you telling the story not your wife telling us about your miss fortune. I’ve been in a similar situation and again I blame myself for someone else getting and I told him to stay back while I was operating a forklift and I consider myself an expert operator like you said you let yourself self get distracted. So chin up mate keep up your awesome work and videos!!!

Glad you ok

Brutal mate! Hope you recovered quickly. That did not look like fun!

Holy hell Ben, Glad You're as alright as can be, Hope you heal quickly brother.

Thank you for posting this video, we all can see now what can happen when a winch line snaps and the damage it can cause to one’s body. I am certainly glad you are ok and no permanent injury was sustained, it could have been so much worse . Stay safe Ben and try not to dwell on the “what if’s”. 👍🏽😎

Extremely lucky mate. Ego damage can be the worst 😂 but as you say, live and learn. Had a shackle brake and a D link came through the back window, glanced of the headrest of the drivers seat and stick in the roof next to the windscreen, which it also shattered, missing my head by about an inch. I felt the wind from it passing, then also from my arse. It took quite a good tug to get it out the roof.

I'm glad your OK mate 👍 this is what happens in all industries, unfortunately 😢 having worked in the building industry I'd often see it, and I'm glad I'm retired now but still can't help looking at sites thinking who the hell is managing it 😢

Lucky Luck Lucky bastard. Mate, been meaning to catch up in watching this one (MrsMidgers did the ironing this week ;) ) but wow. Close call. It reminds me of a video from a couple of years back - this company in LA does muscle car videos - they had a Mercury Comet out on a drive that had a sticky throttle, no harnesses, and no handbrake. The driver had to ride the brakes to stop the thing running away with him - but they eventually overheated and failed - and they ended up smashing into the back of some cars at the lights, injuring them both and writing off his pride and joy. They managed to walk away from it and had a good period of reflection at the end of the video similar to yours. I'm glad you're still here mate, even if you look like Buster Gonads for a bit!!

Flipping heck Ben you was a lucky man be careful out there don’t die RU-vid will miss you, ya legend xx

Ben,ever days a school day don't beat yourself up.most important thing is you walked away from this.

Thanks for posting that. People watch you tube and think everything goes like a dream every time which it certainly doesn't. ATB Kev

Glad you could walk away mate, take it easy and have a beer or 3 tonight

😮Lucky man Ben, hope you are recovering well 🙏

Wow man glad you was ok. 😮

Thank you for sharing with us even the low sides. We have all learned a lesson today from your oversight, although it was less painful for us. You might want to install a cut-off switch and a bypass valve on the hydraulics to prevent anything like this happening in the future. Despite a lesson learned, we are still human, and cannot expect to not be distracted or make the same mistake in the future.

To stop customers coming on job with ya just say no and blame it on insurance policy.. worked for me every time

I know another operator who this happened to except a steel cable and luckily he was to the opposite side. Similar thing winch creep and distracted by a phone call.

Hi Ben, Good to see you are ok and you don’t have any after effects. All the best.

i wont lie, i was expecting worse from being hit by a winch line, or was that the voices in my head thinking that, all jokes aside, very glad it wasnt 👍👍

Hope you are okay mate? I work for one of the big revovery companys, we are not allowed to hook onto d shackle for that reason etc. We have a little red strap tied onto the d shackle to hook onto. If it winchs in by mistake etc it just simply breaks the strap not the winch.

It is so easy to get distracted by customers, so don't beat yourself up over that one. The accident will now keep you more aware of what you are doing, so it might be a blessing in disguise. The main thing is no customer got severely injured, although you may be sore for a while yet. Stay safe, buddy, and I hope you heal quickly. A valuable lesson to see and learn from a viewers point of view. Recovery work is a very dangerous occupation if you don't have your wits about you. Take care,Ben👍

Well done on being open and honest. It would of been easy not to show it.

Good job it wasn't a steel cable! Hope you recover as painlessly as possible - maybe a few beers will make you feel better :-)

😮 wow . When you realise how bad that could've been, but thank the star's it's a sore lesson learnt. As you said it's easy to get complacent and distracted by a customer but the job you're doing is risky and you've got to stick to your guns. Hope you heal quickly Ben.Your life is more valuable to you and your family .

Glad your ok mate could of been a lot worse 💩happens mate just glad no one was seriously hurt

Thank god you are ok. It made me feel sick to think about it. Stay safe xxx

Glad you're OK 😊

Glad you’re ok Ben!

Ouch ! Speedy recovery mate no pun intended 🤦

Frightening how fast it can all be over. Lessons learned and I'm glad you didn't get properly injured and no-one else was in the way. Buy a lotto ticket!

Glad you're ok Ben

That’s going to hurt tomorrow. Glad you’re ok though

Omg bro I bet that hurt worse than anything you experienced...lucky it wasn't steel because it would be a totally different story

Fair play for sharing n hope heal up ok, I’m not in recovery but I know and can feel what ur saying about the customer get in my head not everyone talks about that can definitely affect the simple things

Kevlar storm trooper outfit ordered yet.?? You are very lucky mate. Be safe and no more customer taxi services.

Glad you're OK

As forest gump would say shit happends but definitely a lucky escape Ben glad ya OK mate we all learn from mistakes

Fair play Ben, willing to fess up when things go wrong, some people make you they are perfect. Very lucky escape. Use this video - Draw the line and move on, don’t dwell on it 👍🏼

Glad your recovering from your unfortunate incident, Ben. Next time don't take the customers with you, as like you say if the winch line was made of steel, who knows what may have happened. I used to work with steel winch lines many years ago whilst serving in the RN and know these cables can be deadly. Just glad your ok Bro. Stay safe!! 🫡👍

Thinking of you Ben, and pleased you are OK & torque-ing! (see what i did there?!) Keep on fighting the good fight (see what i did there?😉), life is about learning! Remember to check those crown jewels too! See you on the next one👍

Glad you are mate.

Glad your OK pal 👍

Hope you're OK mate

OMG Ben..... i can't believe it..... youre ummmm.... human 🙈 glad you're ok dude 🫶

Glad you're OK mate, could have been alot worse with the steel cable. Someone as professional as you are can have bad days. 👍

Snapped winch on tractor b4 came through front window 👍👍

Thanks for that video stay safe mate we all get complacent at times don't beat yourself up about it silly customer

Ouch, that must have really hurt Ben, glad you're alright and didn't get any serious injuries or worse! Shame you didn't have the camera rolling at the time as it would have made good YT content!

Blimey , glad it wasn't a steel one and you aren't worse off . I appreciate you don't want to " suck eggs " and your arms gone black but from experience about 2 days after something happens it comes out and hurts even more !

Bloody hell Ben, that was a very lucky escape, every day is a school day. Oh don’t blame us as bad influences 😮 things / accidents happen, main thing is even with bruises cuts etc & some extra unwanted or expected damages to the truck, your alittle scathed but otherwise ok. Daniel.

Dam Ben you were very lucky it didn't do more damage to you. Be carful but do understand when people are about distractions happen.

Glad you’re in one piece mate. No more customers coming on job with you

What can I say? Thank whoever that you had the sense to use a synthetic rope. I have only ever seen one winch cable break before and unfortunately that involved H.M. Coroner. Not a nice thing to see. I only ever use synthetic rope now. Really pleased to see that you have escaped relatively unscathed, especially when you know what other outcomes can be. Write a plan as to how you are going to avoid any repetition. One last thing. Does your winch not have an overload clutch? I have only ever used electric winches, which die when overloaded and shaft driven pto systems, which have always had a safety clutch. Stay lucky.

You will, need to rethink your procedures, like switching the Pto off once you have finished with the winch. Complacency ruins perfection as is said . We all get complacent unfortunately. Lucky you get to fight another day . Stay safer out there .

If I learned from all my mistakes I’d be a flippin genious! Sore one bud, take care.

Thank god you don't use steel cable!

Thanks for sharing this experience, hopefully we can all learn something from this. (Don't let yourself get distracted. ) ❤

Shit happens mate but atleast ur OK 👍 If the customer was any good at managing anything he would of managed not to drive threw a flood 😂😂😂

Good job you don’t use wire 👍 hope you are ok mate ❤

I guess every cloud has a silver lining ……as you say a steel cable and you might not have been here to tell the tail ! Upside …you clearly have luck on your side …..have you got this weeks lottery numbers please 😁😁😉

You were very lucky pleased your ok though you will be sore I bet

Close call mate glad ur good tho 👍

I am one of those pain in the axxx customers that like to keep an eye on things myself. I have two cars that *cannot* be jacked under the sill. One is a Jaguar XJ with an aluminium body; the edges of the sill are just too soft to take the weight, and the other is a Peugeot 604 which has not jacking points on the sills at all; the factory jack goes into the rear subframe or the front cross member. The problem is that so many people in the trade just won't listen to me when I tell them this. Therefore I like to keep an eye on people. Normally I say "would you mind jacking where I ask you to because I'm a bit sensitive about it" and 80% of people seem okay with that. I just wonder from your perspective, is there a better way for me to approach it?

Is that why you didn’t sound too happy on the phone yesterday? 😂

Fucking hell Ben. Never mind the arm are the plumbs all good 😂 dose the winch have a female name as it should have as is had your nuts. ❤ you man just be safe out there and I've been up to Lincoln a few times over last month and keep meaning to give you a ring when in area to buy you a coffee

Hope you're balls are ok 😊😊😊 ❤

M88888 wow not sure how it hit you going in but Hey BE CAREFUL, glad you ok.

Glad you’re ok, it looks like your lever is fouling the metalwork. Could that be the cause? Also, guess what? Somehow, I have been unsubscribed, just subscribed again.

Your arm looks sore Ben, yeah luckily it wasn't steel or your arm would probably be gone

Close and very lucky call bud. Thank god it wasn't a wire rope you'd be dead now or badly hurt. But on the other hand if it was a wire it may have ripped the anchor point off rather than snapping. But least your ok 👍

It looks sore

Add “knobhead tax” to his bill

Nothing worse than a untrusting interfering customer, we have all become complacent on jobs we have done thousand's of times before, i think a beer is order to ease the pain, best wishes..

Glad your ok mate. Not good about twatty owner of the car

And that’s how it happens, a moments distraction. If the idiot customer hadn’t been distracting you you’d have noticed that winch creeping and the rope tension wouldn’t have built up. That’s the golden rule with winching never ever get in the kill zone in case the cable breaks. The same with lifting things never ever go under a lifted load. You didnt have much choice, apart from watching the resulting cable break from a distance. Your first thought was obviously to shut the winch off. Luckily that winch line was synthetic rope, it may have had enough inertia to cause those wheals, but not enough weight to cut you in half. Had it been a steel rope it could have been a different thing altogether. How did your micro manager customer cope with seeing you on the ground? Perhaps he now understands why you were trying to keep him out of harms way.

Not gonna click like, because i dident 😢 just thankfull your ok.

Bloody hell Ben, that was a very lucky escape, every day is a school day. Oh don’t blame us as bad influences 😮 things / accidents happen, main thing is even with bruises cuts etc & some extra unwanted or expected damages to the truck, your alittle scathed but otherwise ok. Daniel.