Camper helping a camper... Stuck in Mub
Just posting as a reminder, especially when Roaming Aimlessly around as I tend do, Solo, that things can change quickly, so be prepared as needed.. Flaming Gorge, WY in the Anvil Dam area, around t...
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How many years have you been RVing without getting stuck? I ask because now you have some experience of this situation you are probably even less likely than before to get stuck because you'll be more careful.
I mention this because it is easy to spend a load of money and add a load of weight adding recovery equipment which you might haul around for 5 years and not need to use, or then find that you can't use it because you have nothing to anchor your recovery equipment to, and you end up paying for a tow truck anyway. Or finally need to use your expensive winch for the first time in several years and find it no longer works.
So by all means, if you really want it, or you think you will really use it, then buy a winch etc. and get some training too, since winches, hi-lift jacks and kinetic energy recovery ropes can be very dangerous if used incorrectly - there is a lot of energy involved.
If not looking to spend thousands of dollars on equipment then here are some things to consider:
1) A high quality recovery rope as others have mentioned.
2) Making sure your truck has good strong front and rear recovery points.
3) Buy some appropriately rated and tested shackles to attach to your recovery points to ensure that if in future someone winches you out you know you have the correct shackles to attach their winch hook to your truck in case they don't and are tempted to attach it somewhere they shouldn't.
4) Gloves for handling winch rope, even if it is someone else's winch.
5) If you have tyres capable of being aired down then carrying a portable 12v compressor (one that runs off crocodile clips on your battery, not from your accessory socket).
6) A folding shovel.
No-one has mentioned exhaust jacks. I have heard good things about them as recovery tools - getting one sufficiently rated for lifting a heavy truck and camper might be a struggle or at least expensive. But I would be interested to hear other people's opinions.
Steve.
I mention this because it is easy to spend a load of money and add a load of weight adding recovery equipment which you might haul around for 5 years and not need to use, or then find that you can't use it because you have nothing to anchor your recovery equipment to, and you end up paying for a tow truck anyway. Or finally need to use your expensive winch for the first time in several years and find it no longer works.
So by all means, if you really want it, or you think you will really use it, then buy a winch etc. and get some training too, since winches, hi-lift jacks and kinetic energy recovery ropes can be very dangerous if used incorrectly - there is a lot of energy involved.
If not looking to spend thousands of dollars on equipment then here are some things to consider:
1) A high quality recovery rope as others have mentioned.
2) Making sure your truck has good strong front and rear recovery points.
3) Buy some appropriately rated and tested shackles to attach to your recovery points to ensure that if in future someone winches you out you know you have the correct shackles to attach their winch hook to your truck in case they don't and are tempted to attach it somewhere they shouldn't.
4) Gloves for handling winch rope, even if it is someone else's winch.
5) If you have tyres capable of being aired down then carrying a portable 12v compressor (one that runs off crocodile clips on your battery, not from your accessory socket).
6) A folding shovel.
No-one has mentioned exhaust jacks. I have heard good things about them as recovery tools - getting one sufficiently rated for lifting a heavy truck and camper might be a struggle or at least expensive. But I would be interested to hear other people's opinions.
Steve.
