Tow Strap

[airspeed]

Why would this tow strap have a twist in the loop ends?

[Automan2164]

Safer than hooks. No metal to come flying in case of failure. Twist is there to keep them open.

 

Rob

[Incommando]

Yep. The twist keeps the loop from folding flat and makes it easier to hook around things where you may not be able to hold the loop open and slip it over the object at the same time. Again I know this is something we all know but it never hurts to say it again: never use a metal-hooked strap for extractions. They can kill you.

[carnuck]

I've always used logging chains because they drop when something comes apart, but recently my buddy was using his mini dozer to try to remove the stump of a BIG cottonwood we cut down 4 years ago. He went back and forth tugging it several times, then tried a long run. The hook broke (he didn't wrap the stump twice) and flew off. Several weeks later I found out it flew through a window of an empty house next door. Realtors thought some kids had thrown it!