Your favorite recovery gear

Our Wheeler's Recovery Straps are made in the USA. They have Cordura Wrapped Eyes, and also include a Cordura Slider in case you need to pull with the strap against a tree or rock. We also have our all purpose WRAP-IT Strap that can be used in a number of ways and scenarios to help with a recovery.

Recovery Equipment from Wheeler's Off-Road, Inc
 
I know it's not exactly a shackle, but I have the Smittybilt Beaver Step in my receiver and it has come in handy several times now as a recovery point for myself as well as pulling others out. It has a 10,000 lbs. tow capacity rating and is big, burly, and definitely built to last. Highly recommend!

It also works well as added protection against tailgaters!
 
KidVermicious said:
Not an expert, but 1.5x-2x your truck's weight seems to be a good rule of thumb for winches and straps. 4x for hardware like shackles and doublers and such.
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stop and think about that for a second.

they weigh roughly 4k lbs. I expect an 8k rated strap would break VERY quickly. im sure @1engineer can break it down for us, but the amount of energy a 2 ton rig can build up is massive.

the lightest I use are 20k. ive got some that are 30k also.
 
nevada said:
stop and think about that for a second.

they weigh roughly 4k lbs. I expect an 8k rated strap would break VERY quickly. im sure @1engineer can break it down for us, but the amount of energy a 2 ton rig can build up is massive.

the lightest I use are 20k. ive got some that are 30k also.
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I posted something similar awhile back here that discusses forces http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/166382-custom-front-shackel-mounts-2.html#post1674895.

If it's "too long, didn't read" type of people reading this, skip to the last part of the post highlighted in red. That post took me awhile...
 
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nevada said:
stop and think about that for a second.

they weigh roughly 4k lbs. I expect an 8k rated strap would break VERY quickly. im sure @1engineer can break it down for us, but the amount of energy a 2 ton rig can build up is massive.

the lightest I use are 20k. ive got some that are 30k also.
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Aren't they normally rated for 1/4th their breaking strain? I though an 8k strap was tested to break at 32k.
 
Welp I ordered up some Bubba 7/16 soft shackles and an ARB 715 recovery strap from [MENTION=119443]Twitchstyle13[/MENTION]! Hopefully I never need to use them!
 
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It was awesome for the short amount of time I had to spend there (4 hours). I would have tried more trails had I found a group to ride with in the same "not lifted" category. Lol

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