Thread: Recovery gear.

Hi,

I carry recovery tracks as well, picked up some roll up ones from Repco a couple of months ago at a good price.

I definitely agree a shovel comes first

Steve

Originally Posted by weakestlink

You can use rolled up news paper instead of shackles and this will not take your head off like a shackle could if thing go pear shape

Thread the eye of extension strap through both eyes of your tree protector, put the eye over the extension strap then pull a loop of the extension strap though the eye of the extension strap. Put a rolled up magazine or thick rolled up news paper between the eye and the loop and pull the strap back through the eye until the rolled up paper locks the lot for you. Saw this on a 4wd show- funny as but it does work.
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This is very good advice, much safer than using shackles when joining together snatch straps. Make sure you use something like rolled up paper or a short stout twig etc or you will never get the two straps apart.