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Originally Posted by FJ40_owner
Chains are expressly forbidden in our SAR group. They offer no give and generally break whatever they are tied to. Plus they are heavy.
we use snatch type recovery straps. They stretch and have give to them.
IMO chains are dangerous and of no use to me.
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Please remember there is a BIG difference between static recovery gear and kinetic recovery gear.
chains, winch line i.e. steel rope or dacron kevlar dyneema, spansets etc. are used for straight on tension pulling , lifting and anchoring.
Snatch straps and ropes such as Nylon double braid and notable others load and unload like a super duper rubber band or gorrilla bungie cord. these are used to jerk stuckies out of their holes usually with another rig. OR in extreme cases jacking a boulder or log off a very short cliff.
remember when tension pulling (like with a hi lift jack) any rig out of a hole on an otherwise downhill grade by yourself anchor the ass end off to a big unmovable object with a measured bit of strong rope. also place the Jack nearier the object being pulled upon rather than the 4x4.
a aquaintance of mine spent a miserable night trapped under his newly loosened truggy when it pulled free and ran him down.
another solution might be pulling over a slightly set parking break. OR jumping out of the way and letting the heap go over a cliff or into an arroyo, coolie, canyon or river.
proper rigging is a dying art these days. and wheelers would do well to encourage a resurgance.
taking a rigging class at a crain or equipment rental place would be a really good place to start. also a pretty damed good place to get rigging gear.
Las Vegas Rigging - Desert Specialty Rigging Supply, Las Vegas, NV - Training Agendas
timmer