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Determining Rope Size

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WARNING: don't buy a Yankum recovery rope until you watch this.

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What happens here

Alan clarifies that the correct rope size is determined by the weight of the *recovery* vehicle (the vehicle doing the pulling), not the vehicle that is stuck. He provides examples: a 1-inch kinetic rope is suitable for a diesel truck, a 3/4-inch rope for a side-by-side, a 1 1/4-inch or 1 1/2-inch rope for service vehicles with extra equipment (like welders or air compressors) or smaller yellow iron equipment (backhoes, skid steers), and 2-inch or 2 1/2-inch ropes are for the largest industrial farm equipment like combines, fertilizer spreaders, or articulating tractors.

Goal: Learn how to match rope size to the recovery vehicle

Tools and materials

  • Smartphone iPhone — Communicating with Alan for sizing information
  • Visual Sizing Chart Yankum Ropes — Illustrating appropriate rope sizes for different vehicle types
  • Yankum Ropes Yankum Ropes — Demonstrating various rope sizes and their applications

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all right guys I've got Alan from yakim ropes on the line Ally can you just briefly tell me what you do for yankem founding owner of it I've got one partner and I do all of the r d and testing of all of our products so the very first thing I want to clear up Alan is how you size the right yank them rope because there is some confusion in that if you ask me so how do we get the right size rope so what you do is you you want to put the right rope with the vehicle that's doing the recovery so the the vehicle that's going to be bouncing on the end of this kinetic rope so the way it works a diesel truck uh will use a one inch rope side by side I'll use a three-quarter inch and we've got ropes that go big enough for the very the very largest tractors for industrial farming okay okay so so if I have I've got a one inch rope here I got a diesel truck am I stuck just trying to pull out other diesel truck size things no because you can bounce on the end of this rope you can pull out anything bigger than you we've seen videos of guys pulling out 93 000 pound liquid fertilizer trailers on semis with a one inch rope and a pickup truck yep diesel truck yep yep okay so it's not like if I'm trying to pull something that's bigger than me out I gotta go grab a honking bigger rope once you find the right rope for your vehicle you throw it in there and it just stays with you yep exactly and then what's happening is when you're bouncing on the end of this rope it's kinetic energy you are multiplying your pulling force with a smaller recovery vehicle okay awesome now I realize on your website you help people size this thing up but I've got all of the ropes here to make it easy for guys watching the video I got a half inch rope what is that gonna go with Alan so half inch ropes for like single occupancy Vehicles so four wheelers um and snowmobiles okay and then I got a three-quarter inch rope here what is that gonna go for so that's good for all of your side by sides we've had side by sides uh two-seater Can-Am side by sides dislodge 6 000 pound Land Cruiser stuck in the snow okay I got a one inch rope here and is that good for like three quarter to one ton pickups your welder and you've got your air compressor and the kitchen sink you want to go up to the inch and a quarter and the inch and a half ropes okay so wait a minute I got an inch and a half rope right here what is that for that's for your service bed Vehicles as well as your smaller yellow iron for instance like…

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