Then I'll address towing. This really happened. I'm working sweep on a ranger-led tour. The 4X just ahead is eager to help and offers his new yanker and labor. I hook up my end and he does the other.
Some folks have no sense of material strength.
Man and CJ stuck in mud. Unstuck friend attaches to one side of front axle and yanks with great vigor. Displaced front axle now relocated nearer to front bumper. Here are the Coyote's rules of attachment. Even modern shock-absorbing bumpers can be worthless.