why a recovery strap and not a chain?
01-23-2012, 03:36 PM
#11
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: CORNWALL,ONTARIO
Posts: 176
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Put it this way, when a fabric strap breaks, nothing happens. If a chain breaks, the ends now become projectiles. Google it. There are plenty of news stories about guys using chains, and when they snap, the hooks fly through the back windows and kill drivers/passengers. And when people say, oh well i see tow truck drivers using chains, the difference is they're professionals that do it every day, and their equipment isn't the same as ours. Use a strap, that way snapping it won't be the last mistake you make . . . .
01-23-2012, 04:19 PM
#12
JK Jedi
Put it this way, when a fabric strap breaks, nothing happens. If a chain breaks, the ends now become projectiles. Google it. There are plenty of news stories about guys using chains, and when they snap, the hooks fly through the back windows and kill drivers/passengers. And when people say, oh well i see tow truck drivers using chains, the difference is they're professionals that do it every day, and their equipment isn't the same as ours. Use a strap, that way snapping it won't be the last mistake you make . . . .
01-23-2012, 05:20 PM
#13
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Fishers, IN
Posts: 449
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Where on earth did you hear that? Ive had a recovery strap break AND IT CAME BACK LIKE A RUBBER BAND!!! It creased the front of the hood (which should have been raised), broke out the grill and tore off the passenger windshield wiper! (and scared the shit out of me)
I now have a healthy respect for straps.
I now have a healthy respect for straps.
Last edited by msquaredIN; 01-23-2012 at 05:25 PM.
01-23-2012, 05:26 PM
#14
Originally Posted by msquaredIN
Where on earth did you hear that? Ive had a recovery strap break AND IT CAME BACK LIKE A RUBBER BAND!!! It creased the front of the hood (which should have been raised), broke out the grill and tore off the passenger windshield wiper! (and scared the shit out of me)
I now have a healthy respect for straps.
01-23-2012, 05:56 PM
#16
JK Enthusiast
Where on earth did you hear that? Ive had a recovery strap break AND IT CAME BACK LIKE A RUBBER BAND!!! It creased the front of the hood (which should have been raised), broke out the grill and tore off the passenger windshield wiper! (and scared the shit out of me)
I now have a healthy respect for straps.
I now have a healthy respect for straps.
01-23-2012, 07:19 PM
#18
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mi Wuk Village, CA
Posts: 115
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Chains will always fail in a catastrophic manner, unlike a good strap which will have an indicator typically a red thread, which will appear when the strap has been stretched beyond its designed load, the chain is unlikely to signs of stress, it will just break.
01-23-2012, 07:25 PM
#19
JK Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 8
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You use straps because of the stored energy they hold when you're yanking out. When the load is applied to your vehicle, it is not going to your transmission. You will be using the kinetic energy stored in your vehicle only and you may make some substantial savings on half-shafts, central diffs and gearboxes in general. Basically, it's easier on your Jeep.
01-24-2012, 04:26 AM
#20
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Fishers, IN
Posts: 449
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by EzK
They do snap back but not with much force because it's light. If what the strap is attached to breaks and turns into a projectile you're in trouble.
Yes it depends on the strap and in the case I mentioned we were misusing a strap BUT someone could have been killed (not to mention my poor grill, hood and wipers)