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Posted: 1/27/2020 5:52:53 PM EDT

Had to get something unstuck. Didn’t have a tow strap with me but had a thick tie down. Now I have this. It’s in there good. Took some tugging to get out the thing out of the mud.

I’ve tried putting it in a vise and pulling with pliers, screwdrivers etc.

Won’t come out. What else should I do? Soak and freeze it then try to pull so it’s more ridged?

Just give up and cut it and have a shorter strap?

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Posted: 1/27/2020 5:54:01 PM EDT

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Had to get something unstuck. Didn’t have a tow strap with me but had a thick tie down. Now I have this. It’s in there good. Took some tugging to get out the thing out of the mud.

I’ve tried putting it in a vise and pulling with pliers, screwdrivers etc.

Won’t come out. What else should I do? Soak and freeze it then try to pull so it’s more ridged?

Just give up and cut it and have a shorter strap?

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/349123/6620A9AD-AB90-4338-8649-AE6134ABE5CF_jpe-1252231.JPG

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Vibrations. Seriously. Just needs to be bounced around at a mid to high frequency. It will loosen them come right apart.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:54:26 PM EDT

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Phillips screwdriver,or an awl.

ETA: Or hook it around a big tree,tie to truck,and gas it!

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:55:00 PM EDT

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Phillips screwdriver,or an awl.

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Tried that for awhile. Just tearing the strap up not making and progress to getting it out

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:55:04 PM EDT

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BFH

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:55:29 PM EDT

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Vibrations. Seriously. Just needs to be bounced around at a mid to high frequency. It will loosen them come right apart.

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Hmmm

Like setting it in top of a Diesel engine?

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:56:03 PM EDT

[#6]

Screwdriver.

ETA: and visegrips if you're a pussy.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:56:10 PM EDT

[#7]

That’s a gimmeeknot. Wiggle it around and push in to loosen. Keep working it til it loosens.
Or get impatient and say “gimmee” that knife so I can cut that knot off.
Then burn edges.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:56:28 PM EDT

[#8]

That sucks. My OCD would not let me rest until the knot, or the whole fucking strap, was history.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:57:11 PM EDT

[#9]

Just hit it with a torch for a few minutes, should come right out.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:57:14 PM EDT

[#10]

Just buy a new one. If you used that to tow something that knot ain't coming out easy and you'll probably fray the strap all up poking at with screwdrivers and ice picks.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:57:20 PM EDT

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Had to get something unstuck. Didn’t have a tow strap with me but had a thick tie down. Now I have this. It’s in there good. Took some tugging to get out the thing out of the mud.

I’ve tried putting it in a vise and pulling with pliers, screwdrivers etc.

Won’t come out. What else should I do? Soak and freeze it then try to pull so it’s more ridged?

Just give up and cut it and have a shorter strap?

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Throw it away, go to Big Lots, buy a full pack of new ones for $9.

You're welcome.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:57:28 PM EDT

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Get your husband to help you.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:57:56 PM EDT

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Hmmm

Like setting it in top of a Diesel engine?

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That would work likely. Or a lawn mower. Them just start manipulating the knot with your hands. Don't pull on anything the make the knot move a little bit and it will loosen right up.

Posted: 1/27/2020 5:59:16 PM EDT

[#14]

Marlin Spike

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:00:41 PM EDT

[#15]

Doesn’t look that impossible.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:00:46 PM EDT

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Just buy a new one. If you used that to tow something that knot ain't coming out easy and you'll probably fray the strap all up poking at with screwdrivers and ice picks.

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Not really tow, more like yank and pull and pull and yank. For awhile

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:01:13 PM EDT

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I have heard water helps. Not sure tho

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:01:21 PM EDT

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Throw it away, go to Big Lots, buy a full pack of new ones for $9.

You're welcome.

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They don’t sell these heavy duty ones at big lots last I checked. But I haven’t been in a big lots in a long time. Maybe they do

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:01:29 PM EDT

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Throw it away, go to Big Lots, buy a full pack of new ones for $9.

You're welcome.

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Do this . It’s fooked . The friction from the knot tightening up will cause the nylon to melt so it is likely never coming loose and if it does I would not trust it

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:01:46 PM EDT

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That would work likely. Or a lawn mower. Them just start manipulating the knot with your hands. Don't pull on anything the make the knot move a little bit and it will loosen right up.

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Mower battery is pulled for the winter

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:04:19 PM EDT

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Not really tow, more like yank and pull and pull and yank. For awhile

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Just buy a new one. If you used that to tow something that knot ain't coming out easy and you'll probably fray the strap all up poking at with screwdrivers and ice picks.

Not really tow, more like yank and pull and pull and yank. For awhile

Even worse.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:05:50 PM EDT

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Lightly work it over with a hammer.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:06:14 PM EDT

[#23]

Life Hack | How to untie a stubborn knot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBU9q1E8f4g

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:09:35 PM EDT

[#24]

Vaseline then seal a 5 gallon bucket, then get a vacuum and. something something

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:12:00 PM EDT

[#25]

Did you tighten this by pulling on it with a truck?

I'd just use it with its new knot.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:12:23 PM EDT

[#26]

Cut it out.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:12:55 PM EDT

[#27]

If you have a round butchers steel in the knife drawer, it comes in handy for looseing and untying stubborn knots.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:13:14 PM EDT

[#28]

You fucked it. You don’t tie knots in straps. Even if you get it untied, it’s still ruined.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:13:20 PM EDT

[#29]

Soak it with dishwashing liquid and then pound it with a rubber mallet on a wood block. . That's worked for me before.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:13:24 PM EDT

[#30]

Dead blow hammer. And next time use a half hitch or two. I pull stuck vehicles with the tractor all the time, using a shortened strap, and they come untied easily when I'm finished.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:15:11 PM EDT

[#31]

Learn how to tie better knots.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:16:10 PM EDT

[#32]

I have a few just like that.....

Don't bother trying to untie. Just use it as a shorter strap from now on.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:17:19 PM EDT

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Soak it in water. This is how we at the marina untie mooring lines that have

been knotted up tight and dried out.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:17:25 PM EDT

[#34]

That's called a hatchet knot, it takes a hatchet to get it out.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:19:57 PM EDT

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Throw it away, go to Big Lots, buy a full pack of new ones for $9.

You're welcome.

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Yep. Just pitch it or repurpose it. Next time you have to double over or tie a knot in a strap put a piece of branch in the knot before, or as you tie it. Makes it easier to get the knot out.

Once you've cut strands of the strap it's integrity at the stated load rating is junk.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:21:20 PM EDT

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That's something that I would just bring inside and keep beside my recliner. It would work at it with a screw driver while watching TV and eventually at some point, I would get it undone. Might not be tonight and it might not be this week, but it will loosen.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:28:06 PM EDT

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Had to get something unstuck. Didn’t have a tow strap with me but had a thick tie down. Now I have this. It’s in there good. Took some tugging to get out the thing out of the mud.

I’ve tried putting it in a vise and pulling with pliers, screwdrivers etc.

Won’t come out. What else should I do? Soak and freeze it then try to pull so it’s more ridged?

Just give up and cut it and have a shorter strap?

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/349123/6620A9AD-AB90-4338-8649-AE6134ABE5CF_jpe-1252231.JPG

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Next time put something in the knot so it can’t tighten that much

Joining 2 Snatch Straps, Snatch Strap recovery tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV9lr6hBXJg

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:40:22 PM EDT

[#38]

Throw it on a Vampire

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:42:11 PM EDT

[#39]

Use heat!

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Posted: 1/27/2020 6:42:42 PM EDT

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You fucked it. You don’t tie knots in straps. Even if you get it untied, it’s still ruined.

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Had to use what we had at the time

Are you saying the straps straping ability is fucked if i get it out? I’d imagine it will still strap stuff, maybe just at a lower rating?

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:43:06 PM EDT

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Dam. Hoping for ladies balloon knot advice. I can’t figure out how to work that either.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:47:09 PM EDT

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Dam. Hoping for ladies balloon knot advice. I can’t figure out how to work that either.

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Posted: 1/27/2020 6:49:53 PM EDT

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Lightly work it over with a hammer.

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This.

My boss thought I was a fucking wizard when I unknoted a strap for him with a hammer.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:50:30 PM EDT

[#44]

Would soaking and freezing it then letting it thaw loosen it?

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:52:00 PM EDT

[#45]

Bang on it with a mallet to loosen it up. Seriously.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:57:09 PM EDT

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Assuming it's nylon/polyester, it's fucked. Probably overheated by friction and melted/fused.

Learning lesson. Toss it and buy a new one.

Posted: 1/27/2020 6:58:37 PM EDT

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Assuming it's nylon/polyester, it's fucked. Probably overheated by friction and melted/fused.

Learning lesson. Toss it and buy a new one.

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I’m going to try some of the suggestions in here. But you’re probably right. At the worst, I’ll cut it and just have a shorter strap

Posted: 1/27/2020 7:01:59 PM EDT

[#48]

In a bucket of water for a while then a small awl.

Posted: 1/27/2020 7:05:03 PM EDT

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Lightly work it over with a hammer.

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Posted: 1/27/2020 7:05:07 PM EDT

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Bang on it with a mallet to loosen it up. Seriously.

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^^^THIS^^^ It works!

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