i have something like this but imagine it welded up with no pin on the d-ring. mines all one piece

 

And you're almost as much of a retard for using that strap as the guy using the chain. What you have is a binding strap, not a ****** strap. Theres a HUGE difference between the 2 even though they may look the same. Chains and binding straps are made for STATIC loads, not the spike loads seen when snatching vehicles. Basically this means that if you draw up the slack and then pull steady it will live. When you take a running start at a pull, what you're pulling with needs to be able to absorb the stress temporarily, which is why ****** straps stretch like they do.

To be honest your binding strap wouldn't perform worth a crap in a real stuck situation. Being stuck in sand is barely considered being stuck anyhow. You actually want a strap that stretchs like a ****** strap because what it does is store the energy and then releases it which is what "snatches" the stuck vehicle.

I've seen half a dozen broken windshields from idiots who uses tow straps or straps with hooks. One particular one would have killed the passenger had they not been outside the truck taking pictures. I have kicked people out of our wheeling group for trying to use chains, or one even tried a come along cable

 

easy on the retard comment man
im just saying in my experience a chain has worked just fine for me

 

i like my pin. it screws in.

that way i dont have to loop the strap though then fight with it after it gets tight.

i had a choice between the two.

my d-ring is rated to 10,000, whats yours?

 

i dont do any hardcore pulling with my strap

im frickin 2wd and mostly just chill on the beach

calm down.

 

i honestly have no clue, it was free from someone. it never gets to tight to loosen up suprisingly like they do on the front tow hooks. i dont do to much offroading and if someone gets stuck its usually a slight jerk or two to get them out so im not worried about it breaking.

i can get a photo of it if you'd like.

 

Its all good, im sure its 10,000 the same as mine maybe alitte more if its one piece.

I just like not having to fight it off. But i get what you are saying about not needing to fight it.

Mines always getting wet and stuffed with mud. So i geuss thats why it gets so tight when i loop it. Sometimes i still have to loop it to the other truck. But recently David has been pulling me out with his tractor.

 

Some interesting solutions to being stuck in here:
http://www.landyonline.co.za/techtal...e_recovery.htm


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good enough for me. . .should see the straps, ****** blocks, and clevices we use when we wheel the H1's. . . . oh boy

 

This is almost the exact same set up that I use with the exception of the size of the recovery strap. I am running a little smaller recovery strap than you are but I think that I need to upgrade my strap because of the weight of my new rig.

 

I got my 40' x 4" 40K at tractor supply for around 50 buck a couple years ago. Has never failed me!

 

I can find strong enough recovery straps everywhere, but where did you buy just the d-ring show in your pic? something rated for over 9000lbs safe working load, i dont want the part that hooks to my trailer hitch but instead prefer something i can put on my front tow hooks.

 

http://www.bubbarope.com/mudders-tow-rope

http://www.bubbarope.com/heavy-duty-...al-rescue-rope

 

damn those are strong, do you know where i could get a d-ring that matches its strength?

thanks for the links!

 

you can get a d ring, like trimble has, from just about anywhere. im pickin some up to put on my tow hooks. i have closed tow hooks on my SD. put on the d rings, slip the d ring into the loop of the rope, and you are good to go