[Shahram]

I know this is gonna sound kinda dumb, but I just used a tow strap to pull one of my 15k lb. bobtail trucks up a driveway when it wouldn't start. I didn't use my shackles, because I was worried that they wouldn't hold up under the stress. I sat there and fretted about how I was going to tie both ends. Ended up looping it through itself on my Cruiser's closed-loop recovery points, then looped it through the bobtail's tow point. The Mexican dude who drives the truck was like "Screw those shackles, man, that stuff is too dangerous. Just loop the strap around itself a few times. The material on the strap is grippy enough to bond to itself under pressure. Plus, you don't have some projectile flying all over if the strap breaks." He was right. I just looped the strap through the tow point until it wouldn't fit anymore, and it worked like a charm. When I was done, I expected the strap to be cinched in there, but it came right out with very little effort.