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Originally Posted by gilghana1
FWIW - gentle winching - okay maybe I should clarify... my definition of gentle winching:
lets say soft mud and you have lost traction - you would use your winch then no? As opposed to completely absolutely bogged and you need a double line pull with literally tons of force to get you out. My point is that most overlanding really does not need uprated recovery points.
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I think that is a little naive Gilghana? Who's to say just 'how stuck' you are going to get? - if you could chose that you probably wouldn't be getting stuck in the first place?!
I would say any vehicle that is going to be used on road/trail conditions that might need recovery (either self, or by another vehicle) ought to have secure recovery points - as Griffdawg says, they are not expensive, and could prevent more serious damage or injury?
Yes you can often make do in a situation (just last weekend I saw some guys in a 2WD Ford explorer wrapping a tow-strop around their front suspension A-arm for goodness sake?!) - just like you can drive/ride round the world on crappy tyres if you want... but surely a few sensible precautions (which is what vehicle preparation is all about) makes such a situation far safer?
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