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Mitch
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 03:50 pm: | 
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I am a beginner and wanting to get a tow strap for recovery. I have seen many at the local Home Depot/Lowes for a low price. They are 20ft for 20,000lbs and loop to loop. Would this be a wise purchase or stick to the higher priced from some of my Rover Catalogs ie. AB or RN.
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Jeremy Katka (Jkatka)
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 05:22 pm: |
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Look at Expedition Exchange http://expeditionexchange.com/straps/index.htm the straps appear to be of very high quality and have features that reduce tears and such, and also have a nice nylon band so when you roll them up they stay rolled up.
JK |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 05:53 pm: |
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A little pricey, but buying a kit from recoverygear.com is a possible solution. Good stuff. A strap was my very first purchase for my Rover to. It will never end, haha. |
Rick Lindgren
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 06:34 pm: |
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Take a look at Masterpull.com, they have high quality straps, winch extensions, etc. Not cheap but very good and Emil is a really good guy. When he found out that I would be passing through town and was interested in their recovery gear, he made special arrangements to come in and open the shop on a day it was normally closed. He made some non-standard items for me on the spot and showed great customer support.
They use a lot of materials that were originally Nautical or Maritime based. Strong and light. Recovery gear was some of the first stuff I bought and I agree, once you start it will never end.
Rick |
Lance
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 09:55 pm: |
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try to beat these prices
http://rockstomper.com |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 11:36 pm: |
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And just another point on straps. Don't get the widest one out there. 2" or 3" is what you want. Any wider and the strap won't provide any give and you might as well be yanking someone with a transport chain. As it is a 3" won't give much. And keep it dry and out of sunlight as UV will damage the strap.
I only say this because a few months ago I saw a veihicle on the beaches of NC with a 6" wide strap butterflied on his bull bar of a Classic Rangie of all things! |
jay caragay (Jcaragay)
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 09:30 am: |
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Mitch-
Recoverygear.com also has kits that come with a number of items useful to the off-roader. Plus, it comes with a bag to keep the items out of the sun. Not the cheapest, but convenient. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 06:36 pm: |
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go to your local offroad shop..look them up in the phone book and they can steer you in the right direction for a local buy rather than ordering.. |
Javier Velador (Jvelador)
| | Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 12:42 am: |
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I did not skimp on this subject.
Imagine you are the only one with a strap, someone is willing to pull you out. But you have a cheap strap that snaps easily. Now you are truly stranded, and out the price of the cheap strap.
I bought the EE straps. I've yet to use them, but when I do, I feel confident they'll hold up well based on their design.
Javier |
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