Connecting Tow Straps Safely
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The best knot to use is called a "Bowline". Do a search for knot tying and you can get a detailed description on how to tie it. It is tough to remember how to tie it but it won't bind or slip. I use it to secure trees to vehicles when cutting them down and to tow. The knot will come apart very easily no matter how hard you pull on it.
For two straps together I'd use a water knot, rescue teams use it to tie their straps together
http://www.animatedknots.com/waterknot/index.php
but I doubt if you'd ever get it apart
and on that note, my vote is for a shackle done w/ a blanket over the straps.
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...you are not gonna knot a strap. If you cannot reach it with one strap, and you don't have a dowel/branch to use the dowel method, use of multiple straps is possible by simply running an additional strap through your end loop and attach both it's end loops to the Jeep to be towed, essentially creating a cradle. No knots, no dowels, no shackles. More than one can be added in this fashion just by running the next one through the end loops until you have enough length.
Kinda like this:
Kinda like this:
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Maybe I am reading it wrong, or you meant to say something else, but the slip method I posted involves no knots, or ties, just existing end loops and use of the cradle method. It all slips apart no matter how hard it is pulled on. I have yet to find a strap that did not have factory end loops.
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Don, if you need a nice dowel, I have the end of a shovel I use.
When I break another shovel, I will give it to you...I usually break one a month.
I might be due to break one just before the next Wolverine meeting, if so I will bring it
Dave
When I break another shovel, I will give it to you...I usually break one a month.
I might be due to break one just before the next Wolverine meeting, if so I will bring it
Dave
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it is simple to pull apart all you do is pull them back apart the way you put it together
lie 2 straps together going the same direction
take strap 1 loop and put it through strap 2 loop at one end
at the other end take strap 2 loop and put it through strap 1 loop
have someone hold at one end the loop the went through the other loop
while you pull on the opposite end loop that went through the loop
once you get the ends to meet up just put something in the middle paper plates a branch or something that will not let it cinch up
to remove just pull the loops back out
lie 2 straps together going the same direction
take strap 1 loop and put it through strap 2 loop at one end
at the other end take strap 2 loop and put it through strap 1 loop
have someone hold at one end the loop the went through the other loop
while you pull on the opposite end loop that went through the loop
once you get the ends to meet up just put something in the middle paper plates a branch or something that will not let it cinch up
to remove just pull the loops back out
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Thanks Dave, I will take you up on your offer for a broken shovel.
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The best knot to use is called a "Bowline". Do a search for knot tying and you can get a detailed description on how to tie it. It is tough to remember how to tie it but it won't bind or slip. I use it to secure trees to vehicles when cutting them down and to tow. The knot will come apart very easily no matter how hard you pull on it.