Posted by buickanddeere on November 07, 2009 at 10:11:20 from (216.183.152.67):
In Reply to: Towing a Tractor posted by Ric KS. on November 06, 2009 at 08:15:09:
Brad Bucanan said: (quoted from post at 12:37:05 11/07/09) I use straps also but was surprised recently when I was lifting a welded assembely up to weld onto a killbros gravity wagon. I used straps which were "rated" for 3000 lbs and had to angle them pretty flat to clear the ceiling of my shop. I was surprised to find that the strap did not fail but the ratchet assembly failed, coming unlatched and apart, flying off and hitting the shop wall. I tried again (not smart) and had a similar but less spectacular failure.
All in all I would much rather trust a set of chains.
Brad
A chain of the same strength would also fail. When lifting with multiple slings on a single load. In particular when the angle gets flattened due to limited head room or too short slings. You could be lifting a 4500lb load with two 3000lb slings and exceed both slings rated load of 3000lbs each.
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