Hi mate, not a big fan of this idea for what you are doing to be honest. Your recovery hook is likely rated at 10,000lbs and not 10,000kgs. There is Way way different outcomes there.Originally Posted by HallyGUTE
Have a good read of this thread mate, it could save your life.
Recovery-The-Fundamentals
A Snatch Strap is a Kinetic recovery rope. It is designed to stretch 20% of its length and then provide its created and store kinetic Energy to pop you out of where you are. The problem is that the heavier the snatch strap the harder you have to tug it to achieve the stretch and create the Kinetic energy, Which is the point of the thing! By "Upgrading" to an 11,000kg Snatch your mate will have to hit it that much harder to achieve the result you need. The hit on your hitch point and His will be a Harder hit and the cost of creating the Kinetic Energy will be greater right through the mechanical chain of recovery. A Snatch should feel gradual in both cars. No Big BANGS.
Leave the 11,000kgs snatch strap for the OKA and the F trucks mate.
By reading the thread above you should have a greater understanding of how Stuck you really were, the weights that you were dealing with and armed with this info your in a better position to make educated, informed and safe decisions about how best to extract your car. You should have winched out of that on a Double line pull, Slowly. Releasing the suction layer as you go.
How did you get out out of interest?
Using a snatch there next time maybe think about not trying to get it out on the first Hit. there would have been nothing wrong with him building up to the big one using smaller tugs to see about loosening the suction on your car. You would likely have got it out on the 5th or 6th pull i reckon.
Sorry mate, not having a go at you, that is not why you posted it up. I am a big fan of sharing info to make our hobbie safe for everyone. That is why we are all here.
Enjoy mate, Nice car. looked like fun.
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