Followup:

Originally Posted By: haertig
Does anyone have one of these straps (from Cabela's)?

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...p&noImage=0

It is billed as a "recovery strap" which implies the elasticity I'm after. However, listed right beside the above strap at Cabela's is a sibling strap, a "recovery strap" that has HEAVY METAL ATTACHMENTS, which would be terribly unsafe!


I ordered this 3", 30' long, 27,000 lb tow strap from Cabelas (NOT the sibling with the hooks attached).

I received it today. It is indeed an elastic "snatch" strap. It talks about the elastic capability and mentions doing a "snatch recovery" on the packaging, and how you slingshot the stuck vehicle to get it unstuck. It is made in Canada by Erickson, model #09800. This thing looks like it could snatch an elephant right off its feet!