I've had to do this a couple times as well. Mostly to pull cars out of ditches. Most cars have tiny holes to use for recovery so a shockle won't fit. I bought a strap with hooks just for this. I hook both ends to the car and pass the strap through a loop on my good strap. Then shackle the good strap to the X. This way you can also get a good straight pull instead of sideways.

And no the strap with hooks never gets used offroad.

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