Tow ropes /straps

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Lookin into buyin tow ropes /straps just wondering what strength wid work best? I currently hav a disco mk1 and take it place that get reali boggy .. Any advice?
 
I have a 5 ton tow rope, a 5 ton roundsling, a couple of 2 ton strops and a lifting strop rated at 10 tons. I also have a selection of hooks and shackles rated from 2 to 10 tons. There isn't much I cant recover/tow with those. 2 tons is ok for towing on the road, but I wouldn't use anything less than 5 tons for off road recovery.
 
Just bought a 5tonne 5m strap with reinforced eyes on each end £15 delivered also 10 tonne 10m for £33 think that should keep me out of trouble for a bit
 
Get some proper recovery points on your disco too. Most of the time it's not the strap that snaps its the standard towing eye people insist on recovering from.
 
1st thing to know is that a towing rope/strap isn't suitable for RECOVERY. Check that there is a label with a safe working load )SWL) stated on it. Not a breaking strain or max load rating. . as a general rule of thumb proper rated lifting slings and straps have a safety factor of 7:1 so a 2Tonne strop will have a breaking strain of 14tonnes (approx)

A towing strop is just that for towing a vehicle on the road.
 
redhand said:
1st thing to know is that a towing rope/strap isn't suitable for RECOVERY. Check that there is a label with a safe working load )SWL) stated on it. Not a breaking strain or max load rating. . as a general rule of thumb proper rated lifting slings and straps have a safety factor of 7:1 so a 2Tonne strop will have a breaking strain of 14tonnes (approx)

A towing strop is just that for towing a vehicle on the road.
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My towing strop works ok for recovery.;):p
 
Ok 24mm nylon rope is for most jobs perfect.strops are for winching and standing recovery which equates to not very stuck 99% of the time.

Ropes you can snatch im not on about kinetic thats another debate use the towing vehicles weight to your advantage to unstick stuck vehicle be it 2mph typical use or 20mph (comp recovery use) a rope in good condition rated and attached to a rated recovery point is great.


Strops are perfect for winching and likewise vehicles that's a wee bit
Stuck by means of tensioning I.e taking up all slack in strop and then pulling away. Most things stuck badly this will not work unless towing vehicle has excessive grip.

If you try an snatch or drive off letting a strop go taught to try and use some vehicle weight all you will do is rip off rated tow points shackles and damage the strop itself not o mention cause damage to all occupants backs and necks plus at the Nd of it the vehicle is still usually stuck but now with damaged rec points and hurt driver. The forces involved in a strop suddenly going taught is one of the reasons you would never use a wire rope unless for winching. Forces are hundreds of tonnes instantly on all connecting points.

Ropes because they take the aggression out and the time period it takes to stretch and go taught spreads he loading out and more importantly smooths out the whole thing.

I can go on and on ad have done the reason ropes are almost 10 times the price of strops is because they are more versatile.

I have strops I use them for winching or for a bridal on motors not blessed with rec points a five quid Strop around an old dead disco minus rated rec points is better to attach my rope to than said heap.
 
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