I would spend the money getting the tow straps. And there's a way you can wrap loops in the cable so it is stronger than crimps we've had to pull bull dozers and skid steers with cable and not 5,000 pound cable this stuff was over and inch thick.

 

grabbed a 20-30ft 22,000lbs rated "recovery" strap yesterday for $20! wasn't passing that opportunity up for sure.

 

ah ya your fine with that. i got 2 tow straps i have no idea what rating they are, have hooks on each end. used them MANY times to tow other cars out, had them for many years and have yet to break one

 

Where the heck did you find a deal like that? xD

 

living in canada - at a store called Princess Auto. this place carries the most random sh|t and yes most of it is cheap but a nylon/polyester type strap u can't really cheap out and rate it for 22,000lbs. ends are looped with additional material to protect too. gonna grab another one so i have a pair incase...

 

haa yup, the most random stuff lies within the surplus section..lol

 

lol well great.. do they ship to the USA ?

 

Oh man. Princess auto lol. We just got a new one. Old one had everything laying on the floor and no one knew anything there. New one is soooo nice. Organized and like 5 isles of surplus lol. I'll be getting the after Christmas.

 

ya they have other straps there that are like cotton/denim type straps for around $70 ish... i dunno if they'd ship to USA but maybe i can (with payment of everything up front) grab some for people interested in them and ship em?


the surplus isles now have some large miligary storage containers for like $100... i aint payin them double what most army surplus places want. also i've scored perfectly good monster cable stuff, typhoon distribution blocks, and the most random thing i've ever found for like $2 each.... red led lighted traffic directing flashlights - they have solid, slow flash and fast flash options for a whole $2 and 2 D batts.... saved my *** a few times at train crossings when i was working at night. stupid drivers not paying attention.....

 

usually stuff like that is underrated for stuff like "shock loading" i know professional nylon chokers/slings have a safety ratio of 5:1 so if its rated at 10,000lbs its been tested at 50,000lbs and so on.....maybe its not the same for vehicle straps. Ive snapped a 1" choker before right in my face trying to lift a length of 30" diameter pipe lol. I said to my journeyman, "its making some funky noises" his reply "keep givin er!" and snap! i almost crapped my pants