Make Your Own 4x4 Soft Shackle

Making your own DIY 4x4 Soft Shackle isn't as hard as it looks, but how much they can actually hold after you make them is a big unknown!

In this video I show you how to make your own soft shackle out of 12mm Dyneema rope.

I wouldn't advise making your own soft shackle for 4x4 recoveries.

[CamperKev]

Thanks so much for running us through that. I'm going to make four of them. Of course I'm not going to use them for my personal 4WD recoveries. I would not dream of such a thing. I'll hang two on the lounge room wall, and give my wife the other two for Christmas. 👍🏼😊

[phs]

Mate you have to start the channel up again, one of the best tubes out there. Still watching your videos over and over

[chgoot]

Your videos are very well thought-out, planned, executed & presentation is excellent. Enjoying your relaxed yet informative style of presenting. Keep up the good work.

[WW]

Perfect camera angle to follow along, none of this upside down left right stuff! Thanks

[patjoyce]

Hey Michael, I just came across your channel last night and I've almost been binge-watching since! So much top-notch info, brilliantly presented without waffle and BS, I'm genuinely appreciative of you taking the time to share so many really useful tips and info - Love your work mate! Cheers from a fellow Sandgroper!

[DarkCavalry]

We lost a hero when this man stopped showing us his skills....Godspeed brother.

[rodx]

i seek adventure, but i do it in the USA. That said, awesome vid, whilst doing my laundry i made one of these, and then used it later at my own risk. After much investigation, i also determined the same taper method on the rope is used for syn rope repair.

I am learning australian to better apperciate your vids.

The australian to America dictionary translates "Dynamo" to "really cheap chinese synthetic winch rope".

I have that cheap blue winch rope on my winch, its actually quite strong, single line pull of 12000 pounds during the great South Texas snow storm of 2021. (thats 5000 kilos approximately) No issues. i use my winch alot.

Keep the vids coming, making more of these, they are awesome.

[Pihlen]

Best video out there on "soft shackle with buried ends"!!! Thank you!

[Flurib]

Thank you for making this video!!! I’ve been trying to learn how to make a button knot for weeks, but every video, animation, and pdf I found only confused me more. Yours worked perfectly for me (after several failed attempts). I appreciate you taking the time to do this for everyone.
Cheers

[aerialrescuesolutions]

Very cool, easy a simple instructions. The camera angles were good and the audio is good too.
Thank you for a fun and kool thing. Jim

[StuartGrantChannel]

Thanks for teaching us Yanks about Aussie off-roading! I was going to buy a metal "fid" to use to make eye-splices for a bridle, a winch rope extension and also some soft shackles using 3/8-inch 12-strand synthetic rope. The metal fids on Amazon for 3/8-inch line are expensive. I was happy to find that a pair of plastic knitting needles like you used in this video were less than 10 dollars. Got the Wright Products/Boye Jumbo Plastic Knitting Needle Pair 14"-Size 19/15mm from Amazon today and cut off the ends. Perfect fit for 3/8-inch.

[collieyak]

Your definitely showing your presentation skills mate. I confident you’ll be picked up by some TV show or something like that 👍

[gilbertochoa]

best video out there. easy to follow. fyi-push down on the tip of the marker to get the paint flowing. don't push on it on the rope or you'll make a mess. do it on the side somewhere.

[joelquaintance]

Don't worry. I would never ever ever think of making a soft shackle like the one you made. RIGHT.

[TrevorBengtsson]

Just finished my first one! Awesome vid! Thanks for the instructions! Came out great for me! Only modification I made from your video was instead of using the twine to hold the spot on the knot, I passed the rope back through itself to use the rope itself to make a knot there! Thanks so much! Can't wait to try mine out!

[codytaz]

I made two out of some winch line I had laying around. They are the most used piece of gear I have now. Several pulls using a kinetic rope and used with my winch as well. Very well put together video and presentation. Thank you so much. I just now need to find some sheathing to put around them to help with fraying.

[HotrodVW]

Big thanks from Texas, mate! Thanks to your very well done video, I whipped up a couple of my own soft shackles, using a spare length of 3/8 inch Dyneema that I had laying around. Used 7.5 feet of rope, with the twine tied at 20 inches from the top of the loop. Sweet as... 👍👍

[Handleyman]

Thanks so much for showing how to do this! This is a very handy skill to know. 10/10. 👍

[magwamagwa]

you could use a Marlin spike use here in the states for rope work and sail making.. great video.. thanks for sharing

[normanking]

Mesmerising! You sure know how to use your hands. Near enough is not good enough, I note with joy.