[vash]

without doing the math.

no it wont work. two things. it will be a B to get that horizontal line tight enough. and when you pull down from the center, you add force to that horizontal line exponentially.

extreme (magic) example..if a truck was stuck in the mud..you could feasibly get a long enough strap..lonnnggg...like miles long. assume zero stretch in this magic strap. tie the end to something rigid..hike the many miles to the exact center length..grab that strap and pull it off to the side and you could pull out that stuck truck. i remember this problem in school when we were solving vectors.