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Recovery Gear Explained

By Fred Williams
photographer: Fred Williams, The Manufacturers

 Truck Safety Equipment Demo Kit

Did you ever notice how recovery equipment isn't that important until it's too late? If your truck is stuck, rolled, or wedged in a place you don't want it, it is very easy to start freaking out, but that is the time to relax and think through each step thoroughly. Not doing so can be dangerous and possibly deadly.

The best steps to a safe and quick recovery is being prepared with the proper straps, chains, or cable and knowing how to use them. The horror stories of close calls and serious accidents that have occurred during vehicle recoveries can stain the shorts of even the bravest little campfire scouts, but rather than go into gory details of cables snapping under load and cutting a man in half or shackles on tow straps coming loose and embedding themselves in a unsuspecting Jeeper's skull, we would rather educate you on how to choose the proper equipment to keep you alive. Just remember, no matter how big your truck is or how good a driver you are, it's still possible to get stuck.


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