Using a recovery strap, where and how do I attach it?

so I grabbed a towstrap off Amazon for emergency use, I got the one with the metal hooks on the end... was that a mistake, I should have gotten the cloth loops instead? Its not that I do extreme 4x4 or anything, but I've helped pull people out of ditches before and such, and my old tow-strap has gone on walk-about.

Presa 21079 Heavy Duty 10000 lb. Tow Strap with Hooks, 2" x 20', Yellow

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011ARI3FK/

 

Is it OK to extend a dynamic recovery strap with a tow strap?

Was thinking of using soft shackle in between but you could probably also loop them through each other.

 

It should be ok to extend it, as long as load ratings aren't exceeded.
With regards to looping them together:

 

I would only use that for pulling a disabled vehicle along a road, i.e. no real resistance. If you're pulling people out of ditches, a snatch strap like I linked earlier will be much more beneficial. I've even used mine a couple times to help people when I wasn't off roading. One was a high-centered chrysler 300 and another was a mini van stuck in deep sand. Both times the ARB snatch strap made for a flawless and smooth recovery. The same probably couldn't have been said if I'd been using a tow strap with those hooks.

 

I'm sure it'd be fine but I wouldn't pull as hard as I would with one or two snatch straps linked together. At least not until I got a feel for how much that combo stretched.

 

Hopefully it isn't something I need to practice often.

 

Sorry for ressurecting an old thread, but I'm buying an ARB recovery strap. I know Bubba Ropes are great, and Wheelers etc...but I'm buying an ARB.

My question is, the straps maximum rating is supposed to be 3 (or 3.5?) x's the weight of the vehicle you are pulling out. I think I'll be fine with the 2 3/8" 17.5klbs rated ARB recovery strap, or would the 3" 24klbs one be better? I know you don't want overkill on these recovery straps, because they don't allow the strap to stretch/function properly if they are rated for too much weight. (30k lbs + etc)

Just wondering which you guys would go with.

 

I have the 17.5k one, and that's the best IMO. Our trucks only weigh like 5k lbs, so anything more than the 17.5 is overkill.

 

Yes, Ive been thinking that is the best option. I've been looking online for an hour or two now, for good info. I finally found the info I needed on ARBs website (go figure ).

I was thinking that maybe if I was pulling a truck a little heavier than mine out, I would need the heavier one. But on ARBs site, it says that when using a snatch/recovery strap to recover a stranded vehicle, you use the gross vehicle mass of the lighter vehicle, to determine the the 2-3x weight ratio for minimum breaking strength. So I'd easily be under that 17.5k lb MBS, even if I was pulling out a little heavier vehicle than mine.

 

one of the guys I go on the trails with has something like that and its already bending.

For what its worth it may be expensive but i have the new ARB recovery point and holy hell is it strong.
tested and rated for 17 000lbs I believe.
Safe to use for a snatch recovery.