Posted by robert major on December 22, 2014 at 19:04:00 from (216.130.90.171):
In Reply to: Re: Tow Straps posted by David G on December 22, 2014 at 17:22:29:
Hi I thought the idea of the tow strap was that if you jerked it a bit, the strap stretched and when it contracted again it helped pull the stuck vehicle out. Kinda like pulling a piece of elastic out and letting it go. Thats how we use them up here in Canada, and one company asks what you will be towing out, and what you pull it with most of the time, to match the sizes of strap to the load and pulling force. To maximize the stretch and contract advantage.
If a guys stupid enough to pull on a weak bumper and not the frame of a vehicle they deserve to rip the bumper off!.
I helped a neighbor that slid the front of his empty cattle semi in the ditch on ice. he had a 2wd mx 135 and a big tow strap. the front of the semi was in the ditch bottom about 6ft down we hooked the strap to the frame, I backed the tractor over the layed out strap. Nearly up to the rear bumper. he put the semi in reverse and when he was ready i let the tractor go. with the elastic effect and about 10 goes the semi popped up the ditch about a foot at a time. if we hadn't jerked it, that tractor would of never moved it at all. Regards Robert
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