Nice post on the snatch straps. Thanks for sharing.

 

X2!!

 

Are you a forum sponsor, Titan?

Sean

 

the picture they have of the ARB looks to be the old version and not the new version that they now sell.

 

Well find article, that goes to show you not all straps created equal. I wonder if the test was include the old generation ARB straps versus the new ones?

 

The pictures that are on that site show the OLD bluish/purple looking one. Not the new bright colored ones. Maybe ARB changed their design after that testing was performed??!!??

 

Probably... those sneaky bastards:rocket:

 

well, as far as ARB is concerned it looks to me like they sell a decent strap just rated wrong. the article says the 11k strap would have performed well as an 8k strap... maybe the lesson here is to simply buy something that is rated higher than what you typically think.

Since I have fairly little hands on experience with offroad recovery as of yet, I would be interested in hearing from people on the forum what straps they have actually used and how (wet/dry/angle/load).

After reading the article I was also wondering what effect dirt has on recovery straps. As a climber I always try to keep my webbing out of the dirt and use different webbing for slacklining and climbing since the webbing used for slacklining gets pretty dirty and I heard that the sand particles that get into the webbing can weaken it as they get rubbed in...

 

well, as far as ARB is concerned it looks to me like they sell a decent strap just rated wrong. the article says the 11k strap would have performed well as an 8k strap... maybe the lesson here is to simply buy something that is rated higher than what you typically think.

Just rated wrong? When I buy an 11k strap I WANT an 11k strap. NOT an 8k strap. Thats an inexcusable mistake on their part and probably another example of a company just cutting costs without much care for the real quality of the product. Of course we don't know that for sure and ARB probably corrected that mistake, but I think it says something small about the company. I think the lesson here is to rely more on good tests like these to pick a product rather than just what some people say are good because they spent money on it. The test is a bit old though.

 

cool article, i wonder what the best strap for the money is though... the bushranger strap is over 100$. Shurely there are staps that rivals this performace at a better price/ Anyone know of any?

 

The link is not working, but I remember reading that article. It's quite old and I think ARB has changed the design since.

 

The link did not work for me either, so I backtracked the URL.
http://offroadrecovery.zoovy.com/

They are out of business.

Good video.

 

Oops, I thought this thread was about something else.:silly: :bananahump-slvrathl

 

Any Company that admits it has faulty straps and does not offer a replacement for it but rather say they will extend the Warranty as long as you have proof of purchase as with the case of ARB really should not expect any brand loyalty as far as i am concerned .
Yes this happened in 04 and it is now 4 years later and i am sure they have resolved there issues but it still does not really make me feel comfortable.
Cheers.

 

So you're not a forum vendor, right? (I think Sean asked this too...)

 

link worked for me earlier today.... i guess they went out of buisness this afternoon lol sucks

 

I dunno....I don't think a strap warrants almost $100. I've been using the same 20' 2" wide strap for 10 plus years. Granted, in AZ we don't use them for mud much at all so I'm sure mine will last longer than one that sees a lot of moisture. I think I paid like $30 for it.

As for the article....I don't know how much information we can really gather from it. Most of the brands seem to be OZ specific, at least I've never heard of any of them here anyway other than ARB (though I'm no expert on straps).

There will be limited instances where you're going to be near the max rating of a decent strap anyway. You pull someone from the stuck, and then roll it back up. Seems pretty simple to me. If someone wants to spend $100 on one, it's their money.....

Titan,
this forum isn't really the place to ask the question since you aren't a site vendor, but what kind of warranty do you have on your winches?

Wait a sec....can I even buy one of your winches since you said something to the effect that you weren't a "mail order" company? Sorry for the confusion....your winches look to be well made and I am contemplating what brand I'll put on my next project.

Sean