Recovery straps or ropes ??

[FJD]

Hi all,

Saturday morning and another lame question.
Looking at the Trail Duty recovery kits and trying to decide between the strap or the rope. Any thoughts on the two? Any difference between the two worth talking about ?

TIA !

[NEOCON1]

i like straps , well they do kind of suck after being on the end of one for 6 no it was 7+ hours . honestly straps are great they fit nicely in the jack compartment too . not sure about the rope havent had to use it yet

[h2co-pilot]

I got the HD recovery kit #3 from Trail Duty-

http://www.trailduty.com/products/tr...y/kits-hd.html

It was worth the extra ten bucks for the 3. I prefer to do snatch outs/over with the synthetic rope.

But the tow straps come in handy too and are just fine. If you decide to purchase those on the side make sure you get quality ones with the loops at boths ends, not the ones with pre-attached shackles.

[HUMTECH]

I would recommend straps as they can be used to "snap" A truck out of A bad stuck. But ropes are good for tying up your woman.

[Mike E]

Agree. Buy the straps. The trail duty package is a good buy.

[Hummer Guy]

straps -- and get the one that's close to 30k lbs...you never know when you'll have to tow out a bogged down F-250 or Jeep...ha!

[nmikes]

I think it depends on your application. A good recovery strap is like giant rubber band and should stretch. If you try to use a recovery strap as a tow line, it may lose its dynamics. They do make ropes specifically purposed for off road 'towing' so it may be 6 of one half dozen of the other. Ultimately as long as one doesn't go to Walmart and get a strap that has hooks already on it. etc. I don't think it matters per say. I prefer the straps because they seem not to get knotted up as much and when they do, they are a bit easier to untangle and store when not being used.