What did you do to your truck today?

[nubuilder]

Ordered some new LED tail lights (thanks to Greg (BHBurban) for pointing them out) and 3rd brake light for the Silverado (Christmas presents). Also ordered an EGR block-off plate for the S10. I'm really hoping this solves my idle issues, but we'll see.

 

[OldCracker29]

Showed my daughter the proper way to turn out of a sideways spin.

 

[nubuilder]

Showed my daughter the proper way to turn out of a sideways spin.

That is very important . Now you have that you've showed her in a RWD, its time for a FWD.

 

[Longshot270]

Put more air in the tires...

Went to 4 Wheel Parts and picked up a 2' x 20' - 20,000 lb tow strap, and a 2" receiver hook

2 foot by 20 foot, or was that a typo? I think you meant 2" (inch) but then I've never heard of a 2" wide strap being rated for 10 tons. Generally you won't find anything with that high a rating until you get to 4" or bigger.

Or is that 20klbs breaking strength? (Breaking strength is generally 5x higher than Safe Working Load rating)

Good Call.... yes 2" x 20'

This is the actual one I bought.. Tow Strap

I would assume that is 20k lbs breaking strength

I'm not seeing any indication one way or the other, but there's no way I would believe a 2" strap with a 20k SWL, so I'll go with that being the breaking strength. Even that sounds a bit optimistic to me though, so I'd err on the side of caution and consider it about a 4k strap.

Yeah.. I don't see my self using it much... just wanted something incase I need it. A lot of the reviews on the strap say its worked well for them...


So, your saying its a 4k strap... So your thinking that is not enough, since a full size truck is what.. 6k

If it is 20k max it would be okay to use... I guess I don't have a whole lot of knowledge when it comes to buying straps..

Well your not lifting the truck straight up but always expect the to break when you use it...because eventually you'll be right.

I use a strap about like that but I also dig out the tires and everything as best I can before tugging.

Showed my daughter the proper way to turn out of a sideways spin.

That is very important . Now you have that you've showed her in a RWD, its time for a FWD.

That can be a life saving lesson. I was practicing that yesterday on the dirt.

 

[RebelThunder]

Put a lighted wreath on the brush guard

 

[Bernie]

Put more air in the tires...

Went to 4 Wheel Parts and picked up a 2' x 20' - 20,000 lb tow strap, and a 2" receiver hook

2 foot by 20 foot, or was that a typo? I think you meant 2" (inch) but then I've never heard of a 2" wide strap being rated for 10 tons. Generally you won't find anything with that high a rating until you get to 4" or bigger.

Or is that 20klbs breaking strength? (Breaking strength is generally 5x higher than Safe Working Load rating)

Good Call.... yes 2" x 20'

This is the actual one I bought.. Tow Strap

I would assume that is 20k lbs breaking strength

I'm not seeing any indication one way or the other, but there's no way I would believe a 2" strap with a 20k SWL, so I'll go with that being the breaking strength. Even that sounds a bit optimistic to me though, so I'd err on the side of caution and consider it about a 4k strap.

Yeah.. I don't see my self using it much... just wanted something incase I need it. A lot of the reviews on the strap say its worked well for them...


So, your saying its a 4k strap... So your thinking that is not enough, since a full size truck is what.. 6k

If it is 20k max it would be okay to use... I guess I don't have a whole lot of knowledge when it comes to buying straps..

SWL is 20% of the breaking strength. If the breaking strength is 20,000 then the Safe Working Load is only 4,000. That doesn't mean it's going to fail at 4,001, or even at 19,000, it just means that the higher the load beyond 4,000 the less safe the strap is, up to the failure point.

Your average truck curb weight (weight of vehicle with normal amount of fuel, passengers, etc.) is going to be around 5-6 thousand, but you're not going to be trying to lift that weight off the ground, just get it moving, so you'll probably stay below the SWL. But, and this is a big but, keep in mind that "yanking" or getting a running start can easily exceed that 4,000lbs, and probably get up over 3x that.

 

[Faxcion]

Punched my truck in the face cause its acting up!

 

[Bernie]

Put a lighted wreath on the brush guard

That legal by you? I think it was Vansdonk last year who got a ticket for having Christmas lights on her truck.

 

[RebelThunder]

Well I don't plan on driving around with the lights on, just when I'm parked on private property.

 

[Nick The Great]

Put a lighted wreath on the brush guard

That legal by you? I think it was Vansdonk last year who got a ticket for having Christmas lights on her truck.

That's