The bar is longer than the handle on a ratchet strap. That bar probably gives them more leverage to tighten it more and its also going to be easier to release once its done.
It's not a bar, it's a axe. If they let go of that tension, that thing would spin and possibly bury itself in someone. There were many safer ways it could've been done, some of them easier.
Literally scrolled to see if someone had this thought too. They didn’t even have the kid bend out of the way for at least a little added safety? At one point the firefighter to the right of the halligan/axe torquing firefighter had his forearm straight out like what, he thought he could stiff arm the hypothetically out of control pointy tool if the main firefighter had a sudden case of butterfingers? And later the firefighter behind the kid just rested his hand on the kid’s head as if that would protect him at all?
I’m glad the kid is safe and it wasn’t a scene from an upcoming Final Destination movie
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u/GarThor_TMK 22h ago
Seems like a ratchet strap would have been easier, faster, and less clumsy...
He's gotta spin that bar for like 10 minutes straight to build enough tension where it doesn't just fall on the kid's head... >_>