well first I would guess that you guys that are just "pulling" folks out have never had to deal with the suction that is created when the stuck rig is in mud
happens often in south Louisiana F250 ,mine, slid off the side of the road in to about 18" of soft mud ,I could stand on and not sink
F350 4X4 dually could not "pull" it out but he hung out to see how the tow truck was going to get me out
he failed as well ,pulled him to me but not in to the mud
F350 "snached" using large strap and nothing broke
On to the KJ hooks
They are doing a bunch of road/drainage work in the business park by my house I use it as a short cut to get places some of the businesses are on both sides of the road so they often cross with fork lifts
as we ,my wife the baby and me, were on our way to get dinner we came across a funny site a nice new Nissan Titan pulling and yanking a fork lift to the point he was smoking his 1 rear wheel
I told my wife ,who was driving, to go pull that thing out
the driver of the Titan said that we would "break our little toy" trying to pull
out 8K# of stuck fork lift but if we did he would give us $20
I placed the strap ends on both hooks instructed my wife to go just faster then idel speed ,about 5-10 mph and do not stop when in kicks
and the 8K# fork lift was DRAGED 3 feet
we did not bend the unibody
we did not break the hooks
or any junk like that
10+ years of off roading togeather and of the 3 jeeps and 2 pick ups we have had we have never broken a hook or had a strap comee off
if we think the pull or what ever will be a lot we use the rear
simple
Get out there and wheel for real