jai_landrover
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I'm no fan of strops.
Have used ropes for recovery for years in offroad in comps and laning. Strops yea theyre cheap but I'm no fan at all. strops for winching ropes for recovery and when you need that bit extra oomph. do a search and I'm sure you will find my reasoning. take from it what you will people will argue for strops but I have seen too many used and damaged vehicles and tow points they are what they are yea great saftey factor but so has wire rope and they are a no no strops fall close to wire strops IMO. A good rope will help you when your recovering a really stuck vehicle instead of limit you options like a strop will do. semi kinetic (ow that horrible word people ar scared of) these are ok but I'd still prefer my trusty old 8meter nylon rope to any even higher rated strop.
My 24mm 8 meter rope dragged out a fire enginie in the snow which was circa 8 Tonnes almost dead weight and I know a strop would not have done the buisness because we needed that bit of a stretch, using some momentum and weight of the 90 to help get the thing moving as nobody had much if any grip in the snow. Just my view also I think strops look amateurish Just my opinion. others love them I Don't!
Have used ropes for recovery for years in offroad in comps and laning. Strops yea theyre cheap but I'm no fan at all. strops for winching ropes for recovery and when you need that bit extra oomph. do a search and I'm sure you will find my reasoning. take from it what you will people will argue for strops but I have seen too many used and damaged vehicles and tow points they are what they are yea great saftey factor but so has wire rope and they are a no no strops fall close to wire strops IMO. A good rope will help you when your recovering a really stuck vehicle instead of limit you options like a strop will do. semi kinetic (ow that horrible word people ar scared of) these are ok but I'd still prefer my trusty old 8meter nylon rope to any even higher rated strop.
My 24mm 8 meter rope dragged out a fire enginie in the snow which was circa 8 Tonnes almost dead weight and I know a strop would not have done the buisness because we needed that bit of a stretch, using some momentum and weight of the 90 to help get the thing moving as nobody had much if any grip in the snow. Just my view also I think strops look amateurish Just my opinion. others love them I Don't!
