Hi community, I’m seeking some advice for how to turn tow straps into a slackline. I’ve attached a picture of my working materials: one tow line with on either ends, ratchet strap and flat hooks (I think I’ll need to cut off the flat hooks), and two tow lines with loops at either end. When I’ve used premade slacklines, they’ve come in two pieces: one with a loop and a flat end that gets fed through the loop, and another with a ratchet and a loop that the ratchet end gets fed through. Then the flat end from one gets fed into the ratchet and cranked until the line is as tight as necessary. So what it seems I need to do here is cut off the flat hook tie downs and attach a loop piece to the ratchet strap, (or just sew that flat end into a loop) but I’m not to sure how to do this securely. Superglue? A sewing technique? Would love advice on if there’s a known way to go about this! Or a tutorial somewhere. Cheers.

Serious question. Just asking for a friend of mine.

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Ok you big reddit jerks :).. we’re not lawyers.. we just want you to be safe... WE PROVIDE A MAXIMUM TENSION OF 6500lbs. Which is less than our actual breaking strength and stitch pattern break strength.

In addition to this we have dyno’d what our ratchets can do and know that our ratchets will never get anywhere near this max tension. (However, our ratchets provide more than enough of torque for tricklining which is our only actual goal!!! ) *** The reason there is such a big gap from what our ratchets can do(3000lbs if you’re the hulk) and the real limit, is because we do not want people pushing the envelope with pulley systems. 99% of slackliners have very little knowledge about how much force they are exerting on the webbing (Dyno’s are expensive). JUST USE COMMON SENSE. (we know that pulleys may not lead to as much abrasion) JUST USE COMMON SENSE. WE PROVIDE A MAXIMUM TENSION OF 6500lbs. webbing degrades over time, due to a number of things including but not limited to- sunlight, heat, abrasion, dust, germs, silly string, tea, smiles, unicorn hair.. basically the stuff is degrades over time...

We think that any company that provides actual breaking strength is taking an enormous risk. Once that webbing leaves the loom it IS going to degrade. The break strengths can vary. Even Mil spec will vary by whatever amount of standard deviations are acceptable to that particular webbing...

***everyone has complaints about ratchets and we understand. They are dangerous. This is why we explain proper use in our warning booklet. Once you understand how the ratchet works the risk of injury will decrease significantly.

Hope that answers any unanswered questions! Lastly- an honest thank you to everyone who contributed, DirtyBirdNJ and others, you’re not only helping us but helping the slackline community!