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Whatevertechniqueyouuse,vehicle
recoveryisanintrinsicallyhigh-risk
activity.Soprepareyourselfwithsome
priortraining,planningandpreparation.
Thenapplya disciplinedapproachtothe
recoverytask.
Takeyourtimeandtakecare.Check
youhaveappliedandsecuredyour
recoveryequipmentproperly,andthen
checkit again.Ensurethatno-oneisina
positionthatplacesthematriskApplya
‘buddy-system’whereverpossible–
afterall,whenwe’reina stressfulor
unfamiliarcircumstance,it’seasyto
makemistakes.Whenit comesto
vehiclerecovery,thecostscouldbefatal.Wesay:Aussiemade,high-visibility
andbloodygood
RRP:$159fora single,$279fora twin
pack
From: BOG OUT online and in stores.
More info: http://www.bogout.comSAFETY, SAFETY,
SAFETY
W
hen we first saw a BOG OUT vehicle
recovery kit we thought: “What a
nifty idea ... but what about a real
winch?” But then we thought again.
After all, how many overlanders actually fit
their rigs with a winch?
Scanning a few back copies of Caravan
World, it looked to us like not many of our
CW readership do so. Sure, heaps of us fit
bullbars and nudge-bars — but winches? Not
so much.
Determined to apply a bit of scientific
rigour to the issue, we headed out, bought a
cup of coffee and sat by some traffic lights for
an hour to watch the passing vehicles. Sure
enough, only one-in-10 4X4 or AWD were
fitted with a winch.
So what’s going on? Perhaps we’ve told
ourselves that we don’t need a winch
because we tow caravans and so we ‘keep
out of trouble’. After all, a good winch
setup doesn’t come cheaply. Ranging from“...in a country
renowned for rapid
changes in climatic
conditions, it
doesn’t take much
to find ourselves
up a track and up
to our axles"
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE Ensure the sheet bend knot is on the tyre wall; the straps snare your
tyre and fool the system to believe that you have traction so it then applies power to the other wheel;
to remove the straps simply pull to one side and reverse out; keep reversing until they are clear of the
tyre; with handy instructions printed on the bag, the BOG OUT kit is easy to use