Other Uses For Your Recovery Gear

[Trail Wonky]

As we all know, being prepared on the trail with the proper recovery gear is important when doing serious wheeling in remote areas and especially if you are out running solo. But there are so many other uses for this equipment at home or in an urban setting. I tend to use my gear more in these instances than on the trail. I've moved and placed water tanks, dealt with trees, moved a rail car etc. My latest was assisting with the installation of my winch/bumper. The uses are limitless. Im curious to see how others have been using their recovery equipment in non-recovery situations.

 

[britz]

Our winches get used a lot for dragging trees out for firewood, hi-lifts for getting sheds, etc., on rollers for moving and of course aid in processing game and livestock.

 

[Trail Wonky]

Our winches get used a lot for dragging trees out for firewood, hi-lifts for getting sheds, etc., on rollers for moving and of course aid in processing game and livestock.View attachment 27256

Love it! Nice action shot!

 

[adventure_is_necessary]

The tow loop on the rear get's used as a step all the time. Tow strap has been used to pull trees around. I've seen tow straps used as slack lines, but I have not personally used mine in that fashion before.

 

[vegasjeepguy]

I used my winch to pull a bush out in my front yard. 30 seconds of winching or 20 minutes of digging...no contest.

 

[Rexplorer]

setting up a tarp, anything could get used. shovels as poles, tow straps to hold up the tarp, a jack or jackstand as a weight.

 

[Ichibahn]

The tow loop on the rear get's used as a step all the time. Tow strap has been used to pull trees around. I've seen tow straps used as slack lines, but I have not personally used mine in that fashion before.

I have used my tow strap as a slacklines as well before I bought Gibbon slacklines, hook it up on my receiver hitch and the other end to a nearby tree.
Been bouncing around on it for a couple months UNTIL.......I broke the transmission parking pawl because of that, expensive lesson and never do that again lol.

 

[The other Sean]

I use my Hi-lift around the house more than on the trail. Just yesterday I used it to get a truck cab off jack stands and on to furniture dollies. I can't count how many fence posts and saplings I've yanked out of the ground with it and how many corners of something I've lifted to get blocking / dollies under.

 

[trikebubble]

Pulled a dozen crappy old cedars out of our backyard, in about an hour, this past spring with the winch. Had to get a little creative with routing the line through the fence and around the cherry tree....but it worked like a darn, and my back has thanked me ever since. (That., and confirmed to the Wife that a winch is must-have mandatory piece of valuable equipment)