Thread: Snatch strap designed failure point?

From a rigging point of view it is nearly impossible to build in a failure point with something like a snatch strap. If you could it would most likely be a one use only product.
If you are likely to need a snatch strap or choose to use one it would be a good idea to get some purpose built recovery points installed on your vehicle.
I know when im loading things up to a point that is likely to lead to a failure of a fitting i place a secondary preventer on the line, chain, wire that i am pulling with. I use a 1T sling 2-3M long attached to a point strong enough to take the kinetic energy out of the pulling line if the fitting fails.
So on a car that would most likely be around the chassis and back onto the snatch strap eye even a decent length of 10mm rope can be used for this.

So, id=f a strap were designed with an extra 'eye' big enough for say a caribeener to go through which could be attached to the vehicles with say 10mm rope, it would be a lot safer?
Can't be to hard surely? Or is this just too damn simple?

Some straps are available on the market with a "tail" which attaches to another point.

Upon failure of the main eye or mount the strap is 'caught' by the secondary strap.

you wouldn't need a safety strap if the snatch was connected securely to a recovery point with everything rated higher than the snatch itself.

If a failure point were designed into a strap, and it failed, there are people who would tie the two halves together with a knot which as a projectile is almost as dangerous as a tow ball.

With regards to the original question - they generally go around the stitching/eye as it's the weakest part of the strap. What tends to happen then is pretty much the full length of the strap is free to flick around - hence why we always dictate 1 1/2 times the paid length for spectators.

This end can be quite dangerous in itself, but imagine if 2 straps were connected together with a shackle - hence why that practice is discouraged so much.


Cheers
Chris