2 in receiver shackle/ clevis for tow straps and chains

[ovrszd]

I always use my 2 inch by 20 foot stretch N snatch recovery strap.

What determines the rating? Is that max vehicle weight?

A 2" strap is fine if using a small utility vehicle like a grocery getter Escape or some other brand. Anything bigger than that, it's a failure in the making.

The ratings of chains, straps, ropes, clevis', etc., are based on a dead constant pull, increasing the load until it fails. Most reputable companies will build in a certain percentage of cushion. For example they might say their equipment is 10K rated when actually it didn't fail the test until it was near 11K.

Buy off brand equipment and you are trusting them to have the same cushion. Chances are they don't. That's why their price is much less.

When purchasing tow/recovery equipment buy safety. Buy cushion. As an example, I can break your 2" strap with the pickup in your Avatar without being reckless. You should change to a 3" strap for that vehicle. Or better yet, a quality 1.25" or 1.5" rope. Viking makes some very high quality ropes that have a much softer stretch than any strap.

Remember Winch/Tow safely Gentlemen!!!

 

[ovrszd]

Hmm...I'm willing to be wrong. I don't know. I was just going by what I was taught. I guess the main thing is to be careful and keep people away.

No worries. If you've ever saw a stretch strap/rope or a winch cable fail, you would know without being taught.

The only time a chain becomes dangerous is when it's used in conjunction with a strap/rope or winch cable. Then it becomes the hammer head being catapulted by the hammer handle (energy stored in the strap/rope or cable).

 

[diesel lover]

A 2" strap is fine if using a small utility vehicle like a grocery getter Escape or some other brand. Anything bigger than that, it's a failure in the making. The ratings of chains, straps, ropes, clevis', etc., are based on a dead constant pull, increasing the load until it fails. Most reputable companies will build in a certain percentage of cushion. For example they might say their equipment is 10K rated when actually it didn't fail the test until it was near 11K. Buy off brand equipment and you are trusting them to have the same cushion. Chances are they don't. That's why their price is much less. When purchasing tow/recovery equipment buy safety. Buy cushion. As an example, I can break your 2" strap with the pickup in your Avatar without being reckless. You should change to a 3" strap for that vehicle. Or better yet, a quality 1.25" or 1.5" rope. Viking makes some very high quality ropes that have a much softer stretch than any strap. Remember Winch/Tow safely Gentlemen!!!

Good to know. In time I would like to buy a 3 or 4 in by 30 foot strap or rope!! I hear ship yard rope works the same as bubba rope!! I would really like something like that. The rope stretches more than a strap. I see nothing wrong with something 30 foot long as some of the situations require something 30 foot in length. With good clevis/ shackles I see nothing wrong with doubling up a 30 foot either to provide even more strength.

You are right rope has a much tighter stretch!! Could I buy shipyard rope and safely make my own?

 

[ovrszd]

I used to know a local guy that worked on Barges in the Mississippi River. He'd scrounge barges that got loose and gather up broken ropes. He could weave a loop in the end professionally. I bought several ropes from him in various sizes and lengths. I had a dozen when my shop burned and I lost them all. He's since retired so I don't have access. They worked pretty good and you definitely didn't hafta worry about breaking them. The only drawback was that they had been pulled to their maximum many times before I got ahold of them so their stretch wasn't very soft. But I could buy a 30' x 2.5" rope with loops in each end for $40.

 

[diesel lover]

I used to know a local guy that worked on Barges in the Mississippi River. He'd scrounge barges that got loose and gather up broken ropes. He could weave a loop in the end professionally. I bought several ropes from him in various sizes and lengths. I had a dozen when my shop burned and I lost them all. He's since retired so I don't have access. They worked pretty good and you definitely didn't hafta worry about breaking them. The only drawback was that they had been pulled to their maximum many times before I got ahold of them so their stretch wasn't very soft. But I could buy a 30' x 2.5" rope with loops in each end for $40.

what would you think the weight rating was? 2.5 inch width rope is huge!!

 

[ovrszd]

I have no idea. I used to have a 2" tow rope that I used to tow trucks. Never broke it. finally had no stretch left.

 

[diesel lover]

I have no idea. I used to have a 2" tow rope that I used to tow trucks. Never broke it. finally had no stretch left.

very cool sounds like pretty ideal stuff. Bubba rope is pretty expensive but I think it last a life time lol

 

[ovrszd]

I bought a Bubba Rope, 30x1.25" I believe. Can't remember the specs but they touted a LARGE rating. Broke it. Nice, soft rope that's easy to handle and store. But not worth much broke in half. Viking is a lot better rope. When I broke the Bubba I had a Viking connected to it. Viking held up, Bubba broke.

 

[diesel lover]

I bought a Bubba Rope, 30x1.25" I believe. Can't remember the specs but they touted a LARGE rating. Broke it. Nice, soft rope that's easy to handle and store. But not worth much broke in half. Viking is a lot better rope. When I broke the Bubba I had a Viking connected to it. Viking held up, Bubba broke.

How on earth did you break a rope rated for 52,000 pounds? 25 tons
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007H...12fc7496#ref=mp_s_a_1_3&qid=1392852102&sr=8-3

 

[ovrszd]

If you need a strap/rope, it's because a tug on a chain won't do the task at hand. So,, what becomes necessary is to multiply the weight of the tow vehicle by stretching a strap/rope. That is done by backing up until you have slack and hitting the end of it as fast as you can. If that does not work, back up a little farther, if that does not work, back up a little farther...... With a 30' rope hooked to a 5Klb vehicle how much force can be generated when you take a 30' running start???? Evidently enough to exert more than 52,000lbs of pulling force.

Pretty simple actually. That's why I'm suggesting to you that a 2" strap needs to stay in the Grocery Getter.