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Recovery Kit Contents |
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Heavy duty bag
or box ($15) to store recovery items - keep items together in one place -
not slipping and sliding all over & getting all tangled up
Heavy Canvas "Riggers Bags" work good (available at
Harbor Freight) |
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tow strap ($25-$100) generally come in 2 inch wide x 20 feet long or 3 inch wide x 30 feet long and are equipped with reinforced loops at each end. NO METAL HOOKS! on ends NEVER TIE A KNOT IN A TOW STRAP! |
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| heavy leather gloves with gauntlets (welding gloves work great) ($8-$12) | ||||
| D-Ring Shackle(s) ($17) | ||||
| extra parts (retaining pins, receiver pins, cable clamps & thimbles , Hi-Lift rebuild kit, silicon spray, etc.) | ||||
| 25-40 ft. length of winch cable with eyes (that a winch hook can fit through) on each end. Used to extend a winch or 'come-along' cable or as a vehicle tie-down cable. Also useful when pulling out shrubbery that your wife has decided is ugly! | ||||
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Ready-made recovery kits for winch-equipped vehicles
are available from most if not all winch manufacturers. (4 WheelParts markets the Warn® Recovery Kit (including: bag, gloves, shackle, choker chain, snatch block and tree strap) for ~$145.95) (Summit Racing markets the Superwinch® Accessory Kit (including: bag, 2 shackles, 20,000 lb snatch block, tree strap and gloves) for ~$169.99 |
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| tree strap ($20) | ||||
| snatch block (Warn® 9000 lb. $44.99) |
Working Loads for Grade-80 Chain 7/32= 2100 lbs |
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| Winch controller | ||||
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choker chain (8-12 ft of grade 80 3/8 chain with open hook on one end
and 3/8 chain hook on the other) ($20) If the trails you travel are often blocked with fallen trees or large rocks you might want to consider carrying a choker. If you encounter fallen trees or larges rocks only occasionally, these can be moved with a tow strap. But remember that trees and rocks will quickly cause abrasion cuts on tow straps. |
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winch cable hook for 3/8 chain | ||
