[AT] OT - Question about chain

[David Bruce]

Charlie,
That makes a lot of sense to me.  For my very limited pulling 
applications I'll stick to chains.

David
NW NC


On 11/27/2013 9:44 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> David the ones that are intended to stretch, the so called snatch straps,
> deform and go back like a stiff bungee cord.  They do work when you
> need to pull something and don't have enough pulling force but it comes
> with some risk and danger.  I talked to a guy a while back that was using
> one
> to pull a stump.  He had it hooded to his 4 wd pickup and the other end to
> the
> stump.  He'd get a running start and go until the truck quit pulling, hit
> the brakes
> and wait, similar to what Al described.  The problem was he was hooked to a
> stump that was being held by roots.  After a few pulls, as he sat in the
> truck
> holding the brake the roots came loose and the stump flew through the air,
> into
> the pickup bed and came to rest when it crashed into the back of the cab
> with significant damage.
>
> Charlie