Timeline for What does the rated capacity of a commercial tow rope/strap mean?
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| Mar 21, 2018 at 9:00 | vote | accept | ChP | ||
| Mar 21, 2018 at 1:15 | comment | added | agentp | I don't mean dead lift, I mean running highway speed up a grade and being less than perfectly steady on the gas. If you are rating a tow strap to sell to the public you need to assume someone will do that. | |
| Mar 21, 2018 at 0:56 | comment | added | SteveRacer | No, it means normal "flat towing" of such a weighted vehicle. You can't dead lift it with a crane. Maybe you could, but that's not the intent of the rating. A "strap" with a 4000kg lift rating would be one hell of a strap. Compare it to welded link chain with the same rating... | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 20:26 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/976193296237293568 | ||
| Mar 20, 2018 at 11:18 | comment | added | agentp | I expect the design load for a tow strap is essentially the same as the weight of the vehicle. Figure you need to allow for towing up hill and handling a certain amount of shock. In any case a good strap will also be labeled with its actual breaking load rating. | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 8:01 | vote | accept | ChP | ||
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 7:28 | answer | added | Solar Mike | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 20, 2018 at 7:01 | history | asked | ChP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |