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Re: recovery gear

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anorak ?

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Re: recovery gear

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HarryMann wrote:A good pruning saw is well worth carrying, partic if you ahve a high top or camper... much more useful than an axe unless you need to chop logs up.

My list:

Jemmy (for all sorts of things)
Club hammer or small (6lb max.) sledge
Fixed handle trenching shovel (ex War Dept., a lovely tool)
Mattock (decent size proper job) handle & blade stored separately.. Invaluable tool :ok
Pruning saw (not foldable, but who cares either way)
Heavy gloves, light gloves
A mix of Waffle boards, max length 5 ft.

High-lift jack + LanRover adapter bar for jacking points/ thick ply base, minimum 1 foot square x 1" ply
Hank of 6mm or 8mm poly rope
6 metres min. up to 25 mtrs of plasma (Dyneema type) HDPE rope
Assorted tie-downs and web straps with latch hooks (tree strops/bands)
Assorted tow rope, web tow-straps etc.
Hand winch / plenty of shackles (5,500 lb typ)

Pair of wading boots
Assorted timber, chocks, blocks and billets

Plastic beach.sand/gravel wading shoes
12V tyre pump (Michelin or BonAire), plugs into cigar sockets
Good LED torch, windup + chargeable, good plugins

10 or more 5 ft canes (for marking firm ground (route) through a boggy patch)
2 spare wheels & tyres
Jeez! i'd have to leave the wife and kids at home! The joys of having a doka eh
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Re: recovery gear

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Nah, they'd all tuck away easily Lloyd, looks a lot but they're all long thin things... mostly.

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Re: recovery gear

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lloydy wrote:
HarryMann wrote:A good pruning saw is well worth carrying, partic if you ahve a high top or camper... much more useful than an axe unless you need to chop logs up.

My list:

Jemmy (for all sorts of things)
Club hammer or small (6lb max.) sledge
Fixed handle trenching shovel (ex War Dept., a lovely tool)
Mattock (decent size proper job) handle & blade stored separately.. Invaluable tool :ok
Pruning saw (not foldable, but who cares either way)
Heavy gloves, light gloves
A mix of Waffle boards, max length 5 ft.

High-lift jack + LanRover adapter bar for jacking points/ thick ply base, minimum 1 foot square x 1" ply
Hank of 6mm or 8mm poly rope
6 metres min. up to 25 mtrs of plasma (Dyneema type) HDPE rope
Assorted tie-downs and web straps with latch hooks (tree strops/bands)
Assorted tow rope, web tow-straps etc.
Hand winch / plenty of shackles (5,500 lb typ)

Pair of wading boots
Assorted timber, chocks, blocks and billets

Plastic beach.sand/gravel wading shoes
12V tyre pump (Michelin or BonAire), plugs into cigar sockets
Good LED torch, windup + chargeable, good plugins

10 or more 5 ft canes (for marking firm ground (route) through a boggy patch)
2 spare wheels & tyres
Jeez! i'd have to leave the wife and kids at home! The joys of having a doka eh

A can of fuel! :wink:
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