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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RJSStamps" data-source="post: 54727" data-attributes="member: 7242"><p>Another issue with straps is they fray and cut easily, and many times in areas not noticed by the user unless they actually check them each use. I have seen 10,000 lb straps fail brand new. Chains are easily inspected and repaired, you can't repair a strap. Another issue with straps is, and why they fail new is the fact they deteriorate even when sitting on a shelf! But that deterioration is tripled by weather. Heat and cold affect the rating as well, and a hot weathered strap or a frozen strap or wet strap will break under much less stress than the rate it has on it. Those things do not affect chain nearly as much. Add to it straps are not made to withstand a pulling force. Just ask the guy killed last winter who thought he's pull a lightweight car out of the snow with his brand new 10,000lb strap. It snap and flew through the rear window of his truck hitting him in the head killing him instantly, while his young daughter sat next him. Straps shouldn't even be sold, they are dangerous!</p></blockquote><p></p>