Strap Breakage

[Master Pull]

If straps store that much energy why don't we use short winch lines instead?

20' of synth line with an eye on each end would be pretty easy to store.

Performing any type of kinetic pull on a synthetic winchline will cause it to break.

The reason that any of Master-Pull's synthetic ropes, or anyone's for that matter, fall to the ground when they break is because they store no energy. This means that they do not stretch at all, and when they are used in any sort of jerking action it causes them to snap.

Remember that beyond the tow straps there are also tow ropes, which have been proven very useful by military special forces and off-roaders alike. Our Super Yanker tow ropes can stretch up to 30% when they are properly used which greatly aids in vehicle recovery and reduces and can actually remove all of those violent jerking actions that are usually associated with yanking on a stuck vehicle.

HTH

-Alex

 

[rusty_tlc]

Think about it for a moment... the stretch of the recovery strap and the stored energy are desirable. it allows you to translate the momentum of the moving rig performing the recovery into a shorter duration period of smoothly applied greatly increased pulling power on the stuck rig. That is why this type of extraction works and why we use recovery straps. If the strap did not stretch and store the energy, it would be delivered instantaneously, like it is if you jerk with a chain or a winch line. Minimal pull delivered to the stuck rig, and major overloading of whatever the line was secured to. You would basically just rip crap off of your truck and tear it apart.

The stretch of a recovery strap is not a fault it is its design.


Mark...

As Andy pointed out we rarely need that much force to get a truck moving, (At least for summer wheeling in the mountains, central NV is full of places where you can get stuck frame deep in snow, mud or sand.) The other thing is we rarely need more than 10' or 15' of strap to get a truck off an obstacle, in fact in most situations a longer strap is a liability. Most of the guys I travel with also have the gearing to apply tension in a very controlled manner, even on the roughest terrain. A short static tow strap would be perfect in many situations. One place I've seen straps use a lot is when a tuck is partially disabled and needs help to get over almost every obstacle, a short strap would very useful in this case.

Like Danimal said different kinds of wheeling