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Couldn't agree more, i have seen lately companies that make vehicle bumpers and such starting to make attachment points with rounded edges, winch fairleads specifically for use with synthetic line with only a loop at the end (as opposed to a link or bridle), and so on.

And even if this did happen, instead of breaking out the propane torch to thaw your steel shackle (which im actually surprised that was even a thing), just put the soft shackle in your pocket for a few minutes. The idea of carrying gear to fix or correct gear, very odd.

Dyneema based ropes (Plasma, Amsteel, UHMWPE, etc) has a working temperature of almost -200 F (negative 200 degrees). I'm not sure why you are so hell bent against "soft" recovery equipment. In so many industries, including overlanding, it's just better in every conceivable way except maybe...

Im certainly not going to argue with this guy about his use of steel cables and such for the towing industry, thats his area of expertise, and im sure that with the amount of cars with unknown attachment points, and the fact that on a daily basis they probably are running non stop in the...

Actually, you are suppose to cross wrap synthetic rope to avoid rope dive when pulling, which will create a lot more heat forcing all the additional coils to the sides, and then having to force it all out again, Sampson even has a short guide and video on how to properly cross wrap...

Sorry, let me rephrase, the future for overlanding is soft rigging. the weight savings alone is worth it, not to mention Amsteel is what, like 7-8x stronger than steel by weight. Sure for a tow company, yea, i get that steel cables are the way to go, but when you are trying to carry a lot of...

i would certainly agree with that, but a lot of our ventures are into the unknown, kind of the point really. I've used my winch to clear downed trees, and just as a general helpful tool a fair amount. I love gear, specially this sort of stuff, kinda of a gear geek like that, so I'll actually...

I've always been super fascinated by all the recovery gear (probably from my days in the fire dept.), so much so I've started designing and building all my own, possibly even to market. To that end, I've noticed that most soft shackles out there are made from uhmwpe NOT real Dyneema products...

Most soft shackles use a button knot, and there are various ways to terminate the "tails". They are very difficult to tie, and certainly take practice. As well, once you have built a soft shackle, it really needs to be tensioned, that's pretty easy to do, you can do it with a high lift jack, or...

i always use soft shackles, well, 90% of the time. Price should never be a factor in recovery equipment. To be blunt, if you can't afford quality well made recovery gear, you probably have chosen the wrong hobby. And yes, you should avoid the no name uhmwpe (Dyneema) like the plague, they may...

I've been replacing, and for the most part have now replace everything with "soft" recovery equipment with 2 exceptions, solid aluminum winch rings (donuts) and a few steel shackles. And as was mentioned above there are still a few places where steel shackles are kind of a must. Even my 3/8...