Recently a club trip easy medium in Toolangi showcased the value of having an electric winch mounted to a vehicle. What was a two hour jaunt on one section of track could easily have been doubled if AJ didn't have that little chinese winch on the front of his car. The only real factor in this situation that may have been playing on peoples minds is the time it took to perform a safe recovery and the "what ifs" if we didn't have that electric winch there.
I know a lot of you here may not consider them as essential and a part of me agrees, but when we are running club trips speed and safety during recoveries certainly makes for a more enjoyable day. I think every time I head out I learn something new. In this case, the winch was the outstanding piece of equipment for the day.
The ability to utilise angles of pull with some basic gear seems to be very important in the terrain that we have here in Vic.
Steve mentioned something which I thought was worth mentioning again. The use of a length of synthetic rope and a snatch block pulley combined with a few shackles and a tree trunk protector can be an invaluable piece of gear when it comes to tricky recoveries and being able to get the right angle of pull on a vehicle that needs to be recovered.
This is more just general thoughts about recovery situations coming out. It would be interesting to hear other members ideas and thoughts about that particular situation and whether it changed your perceptions of the options available during a recovery.
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