Recovery Gear

[JJ]

During the Recovery Process...

I thought I read that the actual technique was to leave approx. 6 ft of slack in the strap and have the recovery vehicle apply modest acceleration - sort of adding a jolt to the vehicle to be recovered, some of which would be taken up by the strap itself.

Is this correct, i.e. you want a little slack in the tow strap? And can someone fill me in on what modest accleration mean or isn't it that critical?

JJ