Outer Limits 4x4 Board

A mate tried to snatch up another of our club members when he had lost traction just after the rock ledge on Flats Tk. As he went to go the other vehicle stalled and the trap snapped. Not much re-coil, but the other car went quickly over the rock ledge. After his heart rate slowed down he was able to reverse back from there and go around on the easy section.

The snatch strap is one of the most handy piece of recovery items. But it also can become one of the most dangerous. The utmost of care should always be taken.

out on the weekend telling my mates about the breakage when simon reminds me how I used it about a year ago to pull a concrete truck out of a bog in his back yard.
Forgot about that.
That might have something to do with it as well it's probably 7 years old.
Also it's an opposite lock one and recentley they have been getting shit ratings.
Anyway. time for another.

bruiser wrote:how I used it about a year ago to pull a concrete truck out of a bog in his back yard

hmm, no further comments

By the sounds of it, would it be a stupid suggestion to use a cable dampener (ala winching) on your snatch strap. And what about checking the bog hole for depth before hand. GU hooks - what about those ineefective looking toymota ones

AndrewPatrol wrote: GU hooks - what about those ineefective looking toymota ones

Prob is with bolt holes lining up

The after market ones do not fit

I bought two new Nissan ones for each chassis rail

foad wrote:check the latest 4wd monthly, actually it's last months.

super cheap $29.99 was the strongest - outrated arb snatches by like 2000kg

What issue number is that article in??

I think my most memorable recovery was snathing a RFS fire truck with a RFS fire truck. The strap was rated etc but I was still crapping myself and made everybody either get in a truck or a LONG way away. I tried a little tow first, no budge, backed up, 2nd gear and high revs. The truck lurched forward, slowed as the strap took up, all my tyres spinning, truck still at full noise. Slowly by slowly (about 1 - 2 seconds) the bogged truck slowly started to move and come out of the flat swampy peat he had fallen into.

Carton for me and a very memorable experience.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like one vital point has been missed here.

A "short" strap was mentioned. AFAIK, snatch straps come pretty much only in one length, about 8 metres. So, a short strap would either be a cut and stitched snatch strap, or more likely, a tree protector, which doesnt have the dynamic stretch of a real snatch strap. If this is the case, then that may have contributed to the breakage, and yes, then be grateful it was only the strap, and not part of a vehicle.

GQ hooks break as well, if you are pulling off line they break where the weld finish's.
At arround 4.8 tonnes the offset Hilux hook, the one that goes deeper to clear the front valance, snaps the rear bolt through leverage and then shears the front bolt.
Big horn hooks snap the 10mm bolts they come with, and if you drill them out for 1/2" bolts they snap the CAST hook arround 6 tonnes.
The black Bushranger hooks Straighten arround 4.8 tonnes
The chrome Stretchmaster hooks Straighten arround 9.8 tonnes
the last 2 hooks only leave a flying rope, not a metal missile as well, providing they are securely mounted.
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Porters, 3 years ago on Monday.