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Is a Hitch Receiver a Safe Recovery Point?
A 2 inch receiver is a strong, frame-mounted box, which is exactly why people hook to it. What decides whether that is safe is the part you slide into it:...
Is a Hitch Receiver a Safe Recovery Point?
A 2 inch receiver is a strong, frame-mounted box, which is exactly why people hook to it. What decides whether that is safe is the part you slide into it:...
When to Retire a Kinetic Rope and Your Soft Sha...
Rick spent a day in Idaho breaking a kinetic rope on purpose, and the way it failed tells you exactly where to look on yours. The eye ripped out below...
When to Retire a Kinetic Rope and Your Soft Sha...
Rick spent a day in Idaho breaking a kinetic rope on purpose, and the way it failed tells you exactly where to look on yours. The eye ripped out below...
What Size Soft Shackle Do I Need?
Sizing a soft shackle is three checks, not one: the vehicle doing the pulling, the rope or winch line it connects to, and the recovery point it has to fit...
What Size Soft Shackle Do I Need?
Sizing a soft shackle is three checks, not one: the vehicle doing the pulling, the rope or winch line it connects to, and the recovery point it has to fit...
Can You Use a Soft Shackle for Towing?
A soft shackle is a rated connector, and the published breaking strengths put it in the same league as metal. That makes it right for a recovery pull, for winching,...
Can You Use a Soft Shackle for Towing?
A soft shackle is a rated connector, and the published breaking strengths put it in the same league as metal. That makes it right for a recovery pull, for winching,...
Do Electric Winches Overheat on Long Pulls?
Electric winch motors make heat, and a winch with thermal overload protection shuts itself down before that heat does damage. But on a three-day recovery in Alaska the winches stopped...
Do Electric Winches Overheat on Long Pulls?
Electric winch motors make heat, and a winch with thermal overload protection shuts itself down before that heat does damage. But on a three-day recovery in Alaska the winches stopped...
Winch Hook vs Shackle: What Goes on the End of ...
A new winch ships with a rated hook already spliced on. This explains what a hook, a hard shackle and a soft shackle each do at the end of a...
Winch Hook vs Shackle: What Goes on the End of ...
A new winch ships with a rated hook already spliced on. This explains what a hook, a hard shackle and a soft shackle each do at the end of a...