Good to have your sane and good sense back here, again, JeePete! Are you back working on a tugboat, now?
Here! Here! No tow straps, chains, or cables should be the used in lieu of a stretchy snatch or recovery strap to recover a stuck rig using another vehicle and when a winch is not available.
Tow straps with hooks should be thrown away for personal safety reasons. Tow straps and recovery straps are two different products, and have two different uses; learn how to properly use both.
Chains are simply a holdover from the Middle Ages and have little use offroad today other than ballast, securing, and when nothing else is available, towing!
More snow today here along the Yampa River; more snow on top of an already considerable snow accumulation. Trails are, for all practical activities, closed. Waiting on the springtime thaw. I haven't heard if Moab is snow covered or not? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />