View Poll Results: What do you use to get un-stuck?
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Strap or Chain
Starting Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 120
From: Streator, Illinios
Strap without hooks, was passengering in a vehicle once and we were pulling out a lifted silverado with the front tow hook and the chain snapped and went through the winsheild right in between me and the driver.
Beginning Member
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 30
From: between Chicago and Milwaukee
Straps for sure! Only under a very few specific conditions would I rather have a chain/cable - but it sure wouldn't be the generic garbage available in most local stores.
Remember that the load ratings are usually static (still) and not dynamic (moving) like when you are giving a good yank to get something unstuck! a 10,000# static rating is nothing when you are pulling a 5,000# truck and give a good pull on it - that is the dynamic movement that will kill most of the chains people buy.
Remember that the load ratings are usually static (still) and not dynamic (moving) like when you are giving a good yank to get something unstuck! a 10,000# static rating is nothing when you are pulling a 5,000# truck and give a good pull on it - that is the dynamic movement that will kill most of the chains people buy.
Starting Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 107
From: Saskatoon SK
Ya i use a strap for sure, once we were four byin in a girls moms crown vic and the farmer that pulled us out used a chain and it snapped and took out her moms right taillight. We got busted when her mom saw the taillight, damn chains haha
Junior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 271
From: Western New York
I prefer a winch and ****** blocks, but if I didn't have that, I would never use a chain. I would only use a strap with loop ends. Regardless of which method I use, I place a heavy blanket over the center of the strap/cable. Don't forget, there are two general types of straps - tow straps & ****** straps. The ****** strap stretches a bit to aid in removal. Always be sure to connect to the frame, not a trailer hitch, bumper, etc. and make spectators stand well clear.
BF Guru
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 5,143
From: GTA, Ontario, CANADA
one problem with the voting. sometimes a strap is fine, other times, only a winch will do.
was that on a vid posted on YouTube? 'cause i saw one on there once where the chain came flying back through or into the windshield of the truck.
Last edited by old skool luvr; Oct 27, 2009 at 09:20 AM. Reason: correction on where
