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Rope or Strap?
Andy the Landy:
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Size doesnt matter - if it can fill a pram it works :twisted:
Eeyore:
:-k Maybe, I'm missing a huge trick here, but why would a KERR have to increase the loading on your anchoring points? Isn't that just down to the energy created by the vehicle doing the recovering (mass, speed etc)?
If a KERR is used as a normal recovery strop / rope, then I think the elasticity it provides will reduce the rate of loading (strain rate) to the anchor points (it's what they were designed to do), even if the total load applied will be no different.
Okay, if you're tearing off across the fells with a slack KERR and stuck 110 on t'other end (which many folk think is the only way to use a KERR) then yes, you will apply massive loads to the anchor points and things are likely to go ping, but the KERR will decrease the rate of strain being applied to those points.
So, if you use a KERR for recovery purposes as you would a strop, it's probably more gentle then using a less dynamic medium.
I guess the big problem is the energy that the KERR will store under load - if an anchor does go, it could be extremely dangerous (winching protocols would have to apply).
They can also be a lot more expensive!
However you recover - just be safe!
Just a tuppence.
cheers
8)
Eeyore
muddyweb:
The biggest issue I have found with using a KERR for "normal" recovery is that they are too long. They are quite long at rest, then you start to stretch it, and you can end up 10-15m away from the vehicle you are trying to pull.
Plus, as you say.. it's an expensive bit of kit if you just want it for the occasional 'tug'
Henry Webster:
Thanks Eeyore, that is exactly what I was trying to say and hence why I prefer KERRs in most incidences!
H
SMason0877:
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My advice, get a decent 4-6 tonne capacity nylon rope.
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Damn it..I just bought a 3 ton one :(
Back to the drawing board :wink:
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