THIS Tractor UPGRADE Could Save Your Life... 

When I was younger and wheelin I would put old fire hose over my chains! 👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

Thanks, Steve. If I may add my $.02 worth: when putting hooks on a tractor bucket for pulling logs, vehicles, etc, no matter what type of chain, cable, rope, you'll be using, mount the hooks *inside* the bucket, NOT on top. That way, if a chain or strap breaks, it goes into the bucket, not up over it and into your face. I learned this from a strip mining hvy equipment operator and have seen it work on our tractors. It's saved my bacon more than once.

Kinetic ropes and soft shackles have been in the offroad world for awhile, and it's cool to see them starting to make their way into the tractor world. I grew up farming and I'm honestly surprised I've never known someone killed by a chain. They are in every farm truck and how equipment stuck in fields get pulled out. known plenty of guys who have died from things like hydraulics failing, chemical/welding fires, vehicle accidents, etc, but not chains that I'm aware of. Anyway, I had the fortune of being trained by one of the top 4x4 driving and recovery experts in the world and it was super useful. Learned so much including lots of safety, how to calculate loads, etc. They need this same kind of stuff as just a basic tractor rigging and recovery course.

Hello Steve great information on the importance of safety on pulling and towing devices . As we all know going home to are families and friends in one piece is paramount . Also your presentations on both channels are always really welldone!

I read a warning label on a package of peanut brittle a while back it said, warning: contains peanuts. Glad the manufacturer warned me I would have never known peanut brittle contains peanuts.

Thanks for presenting an alternative to chains, and the specific circumstances where synthetics might be better. I agree, there’s no universal solution. I’ll still rely on my chains for the tasks I do, but will consider synthetics for the specific use cases you described. I appreciate that you laid out the info so that folks could make more informed choices.

I keep a moving blanket in my truck. I fold it and drape it over my tow strap or chain. Even better is to wet it. All the energy hits and stops at the blanket.

Great info! Well done Steve👊🏻

Thank You for Sharing this Great Video, Sir !! Happy to find your Site H.

Some good info, I never heard of a kinetic rope.

Excellent Steve. A local guy was killed by a chain a few years ago. Tandem truck pulling on a tree.

This is a great video, Steve! I ordered a shackle hitch receiver after my incident. I think I will order the soft shackle and kinetic rope too. I appreciate the knowledge you shared. Good stuff!

Wait till you have a Woods and Copeland tractor struck as we had happen in the 70s Once we had one so stuck that we use two 3/4 inch chain and 1 Massey and our other Woods and Copeland and an Autocar winch truck (80 ton winch on the back) to pull it out, when we went to get the 30 foot 3/4 chain that the other W&C was on we did not pick it up We rolled it up. We stretched the chain so much the links were tight We kept that chain (leaning against the shop) and used it a few more times. I do not think they make a chain that 2 people can carry that will not break before the old W&Cs breaks BTW we always dug the Autocar in as to get the best pull from it Then we would have to retrieve it and back fill with the backhoe Wet wheel farming.......Rice

I have the synthetic cable on my More Power Puller and like you mentioned they don't store energy but work great. Thanks Steve!

Hello Steve, good explanation, Mechanical Advantage adds stress also😂 Thanks for the Hat, Shirts, and stickers my friend 🤘🏻🪵🇺🇸

The one issue that I have been made aware of with kinetic type tow ropes is that the problem is with what you attach it to - if the anchor point on your towing vehicle or the vehicle being towed fails, you can end up with a lump of metal on the end of a rope under tension that can then be catapulted at speed at the other vehicle.......... There was a case in Australia where the driver of a vehicle being towed was killed when then tow ball failed on the towing vehicle and was catapulted through his windscreen.

Good stuff, thanks for posting!

Steve, I have never used one of the kinetic ropes but I have multiple straps that are various percent stretch. You are absolutely correct at it amplifying the pulling force. I've pulled out a F350 with trailer and quads with a TRD off road Tacoma back in the day.

Well made video Steve! First time I’ve ever seen a soft shackle before. Appreciate the info!!

Hey Steve , thanks for the info . I am working on building an overland truck out of my Toyota Tacoma and I have not heard of the kinetic rope . I will have to check into one of these . Have a good one . 👍🏻

The strap on the trailer ball is a big no no . “most” people have a hitch rated at #5000. we had one bust and sent it though the radiator into the fan. Was lucky it didn’t go thru the windshield into the driver

I use both but i like the straps i use for my crane truck... You will jave a very hard time breaking that lol. Either one you use can snap and hurt someone so. Best practice you dont cover. It is a simple sandbag or simular put over or around the chain or strap. If or when it breaks it keeps it from doing damage just by being over the top of the chain or strap.

Hobbling along pretty good there at the end man 💪💪 I need to look into a decent set of recovery straps and soft shackles. I'm that shackles, wire cable or chain guy😂😂😂 that's all I ever used doing concrete construction rigging all the rebar we used to use. Good talk about useful stuff Steve!!!

You’re right : if you ain’t gettin stuck u ain’t tryin hard enough ! lol. My younger brother happened to get an old fire hose. That was the first kinetic style thing we’d used and we just tied a loop in each end. Then cut the metal hose end off. And it worked awesome and never failed us ! Definitely witnessed some horrific chain and cable snaps through the years ! Scary shit ! Take care Steve

Great stuff Steve! Thanks for sharing👍👍

Great video brother. I learned something 😊 thank you 🙏

Great video!! Thanks for sharing. Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

Great info Steve!

No question the ropes and shackles are great retrieving methods and a chain does great in plenty of circumstances just use a dampener on the chain and strap. The guy stuck in the pond with that little tractor had a junk strap. If you knew what Ive pulled out with my 30,000k strap you'd freak. I dont leave home without it.

kinetic ropes. Never herd of them i will look into them more as all my Dad's got are chains for tractors. Thanks for the info

Is that our shackle? 😂 great video. Your great man ❤️‍🔥

Haven't really thought about it I have broke a chain before and hit my tail gate.

I can't remember any time a sticker saved my life

I’ve never seen a soft shackle looks interesting

hi there good show john

10 lb sandbag draped over the chain, cable or rope will damp the snap-back and direct the whipping down. People have been killed by snapped lines as small as MASON's TWINE. And yes, EVERY hydraulically operated machine has the power to rip itself apart if the relief valve is not set correctly. And when a cylinder is not being operated, the lines and cylinder have no relief, so you can often apply forces that will bend the cylinder, burst hoses or break pins or even rip the frame apart.

Chains come in many different grades and diameters, as do steel cables. While he points out good alternatives you should really do your own research on what your buying and what the intended use is going to be. Everything has positives and negatives its up to you to make the correct choice.

Where can we purchase those kinetic ropes?

Do you have links to your favorite brands of equipment?

never pull from the tow ball, remove the hitch and use the through bolt, its much safer.

You NEVER use a ball hitch for extracting anything! People have been killed by them breaking off and flying through the truck window killing the driver.

and yet every heavy tow truck and crane is rigged with cables and chains.

9:06 about the end part of the video 😮 tow rope pulling toward your cutting edge on the bucket of the tractor 🚜. Remember THINK 🤔 SAFETY and not use SAFETY First will get you into trouble with hand 🤚 down in 2024 . Sorry 😢 about SAFETY FIRST.

I do not agree, chain is the safest, it does not snap back like straps. Please quit putting out dangerous misinformation.

If the guy with the tractor in the pond was an operator first he’d not put the tractor in the pond.. but secondly he could have simply used the loader to push himself back out of the pond.. his final failure was not using the proper recovery gear in his first attempt at recovery… he should’ve been embarrassed at his failures instead of posting them on the internet for clout chasing.. The only lesson to be learned from him is don’t be reckless near a pond’s edge… Which shouldn’t be a lesson you’d need to learn as it’s just common F’ing sense..