RECOVERY GEAR – what you need to know

Recoveries are a fact of life when it comes to 4x4 adventures. At some point, you are going to get stuck as the tide comes in, or as darkness falls, or when you are teetering on the brink of a precipice after misjudging a rock garden on a serious 4x4 trail. And that is not the time to be learning how to use your recovery equipment; nor is it the moment to find out that you have bought the wrong sort of gear and are putting lives in danger.

The simple provision is this: buy the best kit you can afford, and seek professional advice to ensure that it is properly certified and up to the recovery tasks you are likely to encounter.

The gear, on its own, is not enough. Take it out and practise in a safe, controlled environment, so that you are