binarypie

Awesome write up. Thank you!

Fenrir

Cooterbrown,

Those Red heavy duty D Shackles you showed me on Drummond Is... know where I can get those?

Shout out to you for coordinating that winch rescue of that stranded Rubi on Drummond! You know your stuff (even if I was hiding safely behind a tree, watching the effort!)

hunty

Thanx for the awesome info - I have been ignorant for too long ! LoL I think your post should become 4x4 club mandatory reading!
thanx
cheers Hunty

donnie

I agree with the awsome write up.
On the rigs I have seen that have wire rope on them, for whatever reason, sometimes have the cable crisscrossed on the spool instead of having each layer beside the previous one.
Which in my mind is sorta asking for failure down the line.
Just my point of view.

CooterBrown

those red shackles are crosby grade 8 steel shackles they are rated to 18 tons. idealy you dont want the solid red ones. i got those for free at work, because they ordered the wrong ones. you want the red pin crosbys that are alloy so that they give slowly instead of exploding. if you google crosby rigging equipment youll find them in all sizes. you can get them that are smaller than your key ring or as big as your jeep. they usually run between 20-30 bucks tho. but they are way better than the chinese junk ones from other companies.

CooterBrown

yes that is why your supposed to respool it on there nice and "hand tight" with the wraps next to each other falling into the grooves of the previous wrap to prevent crushing your line

Serg5000

I just passed my testing on rigging and cable at work. Reading your write up was like being in class again. Awesome info you have provided everyone with.

CooterBrown

well feel free to print it and pass it along to whomever

Cunnart

Any advice on picking a recovery strap? What makes a good unit? The prices even for the same poundage seem to vary widely.

CooterBrown

im not a fan of "straps" i have used them but the fact that they build energy on purpose scares me. alot of people swear by them but i prefer endless round slings. they dont stretch as much and you can use them for winching etc, but expect to pay a little bit for them. the strap i have that ive used a few times i bought at walmart for 20 bucks. and it has worked for what ive used it for. hope that answered your question.

the main diference in money is going to be the amount of controled stretch in them.