Have you every tried joining 2 Snatch straps together? What did you use to stop them knotting together? If you do have a knot try this TRICK to TAKE KNOTS out of straps, rope or pretty much anything! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpligpuDr8qWZWw.html

Thank you, hammering the knot works a treat

"You can use a knife...* got one...) ... I like this!" Too funny.

Great video. Could you use a soft shackle to join them together

As usual very informative Matt. I used a double plugger once as I had a blow out. Keep up the good work 👍

Have used a tree branch before. One with a lot of foliage for wind resistance if it went flying

I use a piece of fire hose for the tool.

@MadMatt4WD At 5:49 you have pushed the green loop through the red loop and then fold the green loop over to pull a bight of the green strap through the green loop. This is what causes the green loop to become "inside out". One can easily avoid this and still have to pull just one strap through in the following way: Suppose you've pushed the green loop through the red loop again. Now don't bend the green green loop over, but take a bight of the RED strap and pull it through the green loop. So you combine the correct knot shaping of your first method with the ease of just having one strap to pull through of your second method.

Thanks Matt! This saved my strap I was about to throw away

Great idea 👍👍love your videos 👍👍

Have you tried just rolling the spare snatch up a few times, and wedging it in between the other loops. Works for me and keeps me from having to cut up an otherwise good strap.

Very informative thanks

Great info thanks mate

Great tip as always Matt. 😀👍🇬🇧🇦🇺🥩

Soft shackle would be my first preference.Then a roll off paper - Newspaper is ideal.

Joining two straps is an interesting topic. I was taught in my training that this shouldn't be done. However, sometimes it can be useful when you need a gentle pull. Have you ever wondered why all snatch straps are the same length? Why don't they just make a longer one you can buy? or a shorter one? My take on this is that the length of the strap controls the amount of energy that can be stored. With twice as much material, when stretched to its limit, it will be storing twice as much energy as a standard length strap. You mentioned toward the end of the video that having two straps doesn't increase the pulling power, that is correct and incorrect depending on how you look at it. Two straps together will store the same amount of energy as one strap assuming that the vehicle puts in the same amount of energy. Here is the problem, with two straps, there is more length which allows the vehicle if driven aggressively, to put in more energy over a longer period of time before something breaks. It would be possible to put in double the amount of energy before the strap broke. As it's being put in at half the rate ( a sort of mechanical advantage ), it is possible to overload the straps more easily. Now here is the kicker, the width of the strap defines it's breaking strain. Even though you now have double the amount of energy stored, the breaking strain will be the *lesser* of the two straps so potentially the combination is easier to break than a single strap. You potentially end up with a situation where you have double the energy stored with the same or greater chance of breaking the strap combination. Interesting that kinetic ropes can be purchased in a variety of sizes. I assume that this is due to their much higher breaking point. I was taught that if you need more length, extend the strap with a non-elastic strap. Might be an interesting topic for Robert Pepper. Thanks for the video.

a strip of rubber off an old tyre does the same if no no spare bust straps to cut up.cheers mate.maddkgdom.West cork

Very good information. Please have Mrs. MaddMatt mount the camera. A moving camera makes it quite difficult knowing what to focus on, makes it difficult watching. Thank you.

Hey mad matt you should do a fail test on 2 snatch straps joined together! Its lethal ,double the length , double the run up & double the chance of disaster. The knot it self has enough weight to create a missile . I used a small stick in the connecting loop that weighed 2 oz & the whole thing went through the front windscreen & exited out the rear window narrowly missing my face when the strap failed (broke ) I was unaware that snatchem straps have a fuse ( fail point) were they will break. This changes your mindset if you know they will break if taken to their limits which happens most times in a recovery situation . The moment it breaks its dangerous .

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I once used a bog roll when joing two straps together.....very nearly ended up with one bog roll infused strap they were so hard to get apart....last time I needed to though an old magazine did the trick....

a chunk of old fire hose also works,

Great video.

Thank you Matt, great info once again! I have used an old t shirt wadded up like a rag but i like your plan better because the last time i did it, the rag fell out and i liked to never have got it apart!

Good video

Great idea but you’ve got the proper connection device on the back of your vehicle….it’s called a shackle. I connect straps together often when influencing the direction a tree falls and in the absence of a shackle, I use a suitable size green, not dry branch in the same way you are using the strap piece. Many ways to solve the same problem🤔 🤦Edit: I should have read some of the other comments before commenting as I now see where you’re coming from as in a strap failure and ensuing projectile so I apologize if my comment seemed harsh or judgmental. My usage of straps (slow load increase) never brings the straps anywhere near their failure mode.

a rolled up newspaper does the same trick!

Another great, informative vid. @MadMatt, If joining a recovery strap and a recovery rope to extend the reach, is there any technical reason to which rope/strap goes where?

Interesting demonstration for connecting straps. For me there is a much simpler technique yet it produces the same figure 8 knot connecting both straps: 1. Put loop from strap one through loop of strap two. 2. Put the other end of strap two into loop one that was put through strap two loop. 3. Pull lines together, dress the knot. 4. Add a paper, magazine or the like to the knot.

I got stuck in water and 1 strap wasen't long enough

Very good. Now untie it please,Cobus🐳

A bit of old Fire Hose can do the trick Matt. I know a bloke ;)

Enjoy your videos , Not aged restricted for being Naughty.

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Have to disagree slightly with that last thing you said there. I mean, I guess if you gently stretch out your strap and then pull, mass times traction is where your energy comes from, but most of the time, energy is equal to mass times speed.

that grinder was way to close to the giblets for my comfort.

Invest in some heavy shackles. I've a few 20t .

Great video except for using the grinder so close to your crotch. 😨

Couldn't you take that strap you threw away and just double it up and wrap it in electrical tape and make 10 more of those tools instead of throwing it away