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Discovery 1 - what recovery gear.........
Steve ray:
Essentials: good recovery points front & rear, shackle(s) and strop (better than rope, as you can see the condition of it; whereas with rope you cannot).
Then, you can get waffle boards (50mm thick are more expensive, but are better all round that the cheaper, thinner ones), Hi-Lift jack & adaptor.
Tirfors are used less these days, but a winch, snatch block & more strops and shackles are good too.
Best of all, one or two good mates that will always help you out when you're stuck!
Disco Matt:
Just resurrecting this thread, I'm looking at waffle boards for mine now and was wondering what width I should be looking for. I'm running the standard tyres and spotted these on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OFF-ROAD-4X-4-FIBREGLASS-SAND-LADDERS-WAFFLE-BOARDS_W0QQitemZ130191315178QQihZ003QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Are they likely to be wide enough? The price seems very sensible and the length would have been fine for the last time I needed them (getting out of ruts that led straight into a huge muddy hole!)
MudRat:
i never get stuck, so i never need ropes :^o
Range Rover Blues:
Yes they'll do the job. Not as strong as the 50mm so don't use them as bridges unless you buy 2 pairs (which is cheaper than one pair of 50mm and far more flexible). But you don't get much for £35 so I'd say buy them.
TBH I rarely use mine, one pair I've forgotten where they are now :roll: and I find that unless you are already on them they are useless, so you need to be able to lift yourself up and slide them under, which brings us back to the jack.
With an adapter (which you'll probably also want at some point) you can hi-lift the front bumper on the 300 series as it's got the sockets under the plastic over-riders. At the back you can lift off the tow bracket but you're best to get a cheap lifting adapter (bottom of page) that bolts under you towball, or Hi-Lift also do a wheel-lift adapter which is very good. For lifting a wheel to put things underneath it's easier and safer than lifting the whole car.
JDB:
I have a brand new Jet Hoist (Tirfor style) winch - that has been hanging around and getting in my way - has rope, snatch block etc all unused - if its any use and you want to go down this route. Will get round to putting in the adverts for sale shortly -
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