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best way to hook two yanks straps?

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Hooking straps together with a clevis can be perfectly safe if done correctly. You want the clevis to be on the ground with no slack in the first strap. As long as you are using straps and a clevis that is rated properly there should be no chance of anything going wrong.

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Sorry, but this is REALLY BAD advice. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif Have you ever seen what a strap-propelled clevis can do? It can go right through a hood, windshield, head, seatback, etc. /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif If either strap fails under tension (and just think how many times you have seen people yanking the living snot out of a strap while attempting an extraction) then the clevis is headed the other way at absolutely frightening speeds!

Wheelin' is fun, but not when you or one of your buddies goes home in a body bag. /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Be safe out there! /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
I'm not familiar with the Warn Magnum 9,000. Perhaps someone else can chime in with info on that. But yeah, a 9,000 lb rated winch will get you out of some pretty ugly situations.
 
i personally use quality straps, but many times i've seen people borrow straps or use multiple party straps to gain enough length. the other day i pulled out at least a half dozen trucks. i couldnt reach any of them with my straps alone. i dont know about you but i dont wanna go trudging thru the mud to check someone else's strap in the line. weighing it down would help it i guess but i've never seen anyone use this method. i dont have anywhere to keep a hunk of muddy carpet anyhow.
 
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I assume you'd be smart enough not to use shitty ass straps with a clevis, and if you weigh the thing down it wont go flying

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Actually, I'm smart enough NOT to risk my life with such obvious stupidity. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif Even a brand new strap will break if some yahoo decides to back up 20 feet and get a full throttle running start. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif I've watched 'em do it (from a safe distance). There are some real dim bulbs out there on the trails sometimes... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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I'd also assume you wouldn't involve yourself with such yahoos

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You don't get to pick who might show up on a trail with ya. In most of the country the 4WD spots are probably considerably more crowded than you find in South Dakota. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
... never use a clevis.

you may wanna think about using too sturdy of a strap.
the idea is that they stretch. if you start getting too heavy duty, just use a chain, and wear a teeth gaurd /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
I think the best way is to have a large winch with lots of cable--like 250feet.If that wont reach,your really in deep doo doo.Please be safe out there---a friend of mine's buddy got KILLED /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif when they got his ford truck stuck on some power lines years ago--they hooked the tow strap to his trailer ball,and when the jeep that offerred to pull them out got a running start,the trailer ball snapped off like it was peanut brittle--it hit him right in the face,nearly came out the back of his head.He was not really standing in the way or anything,just an innocent bystander,and it was only his second time out four wheeling.Needless to say the "good samaritan"in the jeep is scarred for life too.However you hook cables,chains,or straps together,act like you know they are going to break,and stay clear!!.I've seen many people come running over to a stuck truck to watch like its a spectator sport---definatly a disaster waiting to happen. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif
 
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You people can do what you want...but my Experience has been that I have been very lucky so far.

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There, I fixed it for ya. :wink

Just because YOU want to be a dangerous dumba$$, don't go around recommending that other people do the same. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif You may get away with it 100 times, but it only takes ONE single failure to end your life. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif And at that point you're no longer around to tell people that perhaps they should not use a clevis with a strap after all... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Straps don't always fail at a tear. I've seen one fail because the thread that was used to sew the loop back onto itself had dry rotted. Had that loop been attached to a clevis between two straps, then the clevis would have gone the other way at very high speed.

Clevises were designed for use with lifting straps (which don't stretch and store energy) in a method of use that never inlcudes shock loading. Snatch straps store a tremendous amount of energy when they're stretched. It's like having a 30-foot long sling shot that you pull back with a 6,000 lb truck before firing. A clevis just becomes a 3 pound chunk of ammo when the tension is released. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif
 
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Check out these beastly straps! http://www.ultimate4wheeldriveperformance.com/recovery.htm I won one of their double 3-inch straps straps in a raffle. It is HEAVY DUTY!!! /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif It's rated at58,800 lbs! If that isn't enough for ya, their double 4-inch strap is rated at 78,400 lbs. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif

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Those look like the ARB brand straps. They are probably rebranded as several different names.
 
Well, I've been with burbBoy when he used a clevis between two straps. In fact, I've been on the other end of the strap before. No, you aren't going to use a clevis between two straps if you're going to be holding the stupid pedal to the floor for a recovery. Most of the recoveries burbBoy does involves static pulls (nice thing about a 7,000lb vehicle). Rarely does he ever have to "tug" on anything, he just takes up the slack and rolls the throttle on. All he uses are the threaded clevis' and I think the smallest ones he carries are 1".

I doubt he'd ever yank with a clevis between two straps and I know I'd have no part of anything to do with a recovery that included jerking hard with a clevis between two straps.

I'd rather see a clevis used between two straps so a person can get a good static pull with traction than take six or seven hits with 8' of slack in the strap pedal to the floor.



Chances are, unless you're using a Keeper brand recovery strap, you're using an overhead sling being sold as a recovery strap. 7,000lb overhead sling = 35,000lb recovery strap.
 
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