If you haven’t ever been into off-roading, and don’t know what a snatch strap or recovery rope is, then this test is going to be interesting to you. A snatch strap, or recovery rope, is meant to stretch in order to put extra energy into pulling out a stuck vehicle. The added benefit is that it doesn’t put a huge shock load into the rope or strap, or transfer that shock load to the vehicle you are trying to get unstuck. They are a must have and once you use one you will realize that using a chain and such makes you a neanderthal.

In this video from Project Farm you’ll see a bunch of recovery ropes put to the test to see which ones work best, stretch best, and are the toughest. He’ll also cut some up to see what’s really going on inside them.

Check it out.

Video Description:

Matt’s Off Road Recovery Kinetic Recovery Rope (Yankum Ropes), Bubba Rope, Smittybilt, Rhino USA, FieryRed, Inclake and Sgt Knots. Ropes tested for elasticity under load. Ropes then experienced 25 pulls to test durability. Following the 25 pulls, the ropes were tested again for loss of elasticity and “permanent rope stretch”. A big thank you to Cousin Eddie for helping me test the ropes and for allowing the Farmabago to be used for review. Please let me know if you’d like to see Cousin Eddie in more videos! I bought all of the recovery ropes and supplies used to test the ropes to ensure an unbiased review. So, thank you supporting the channel.