Recovery gear for 4 motion.. suggestions?

[Franco]

Howdy. After all the excitement and a few drives on the beach and bush tracks, and now wanting to do more.. i thought I'd ask the question.. what does everyone keep on hand for the just in case scenarios? I know the 4 motion van is a soft off roader and I'm not looking to go rock hopping, but isolated beach and bush tracks is definitely on the cards. One thing I'm curious about is the plastic 😉 wheel jack that came with the van.. does anyone use it.. i was thinking a small hydraulic jack would b better.
Hoping to get lots of ideas for piece of mind.
Cheers franco

[Kiels3927]

Sorry. The devil made me do it!

[Franco]

Does it come in black?😁

[Sunny43.5]

I just have to add this one , many years ago we stayed at the now gone Orchid Beach resort on Fraser Island . They had a small ski boat on a trailer and the used to tow it up the beach with a Land Rover Defender , then across the sand dunes to Ocean Lake a kilometre inland from the beach . The day we went the trailer got a flat and they tried to winch the trailer with boat across the dunes as it could not be towed as the axle was dragging in the sand , well the bloody winch got ripped off the front of the Defender and we thought that skiing was off the menu . The people with the Defender went back to the resort , an hour or so later we heard this roaring sound coming through the bush as we had walked to the lake rather than sitting in the dunes in the heat . Suddenly this monstrous Army truck came into view towing the Defender on the end of a short cable with the boat and trailer attached to the tow bar of the Landy . It was a brand new world war two Studebaker 6 x 6 all wheel drive with dual rear axles . They had bought the thing from storage as it had been mothballed since WW2 . NOTHING stopped this sucker . Apparently they used it to haul 44 gallon fuel drums across from the other side of Fraser where the barge used to unload , the Defender and the trailer barely made this thing sweat .

[Seano]

Just get a jacking plate. The first, last and only sand recovery we did with our T4 used a cast iron fry pan as a jacking plate. Worked a treat. The jack itself will be fine for a quite some time.

Sand ladders or corduroy would be useful. Maxtrax or the like.

[jonathan_k]

Shovel, jack, compressor, tyre plug repair kit, snatch strap, knowledge of your vehicles recovery points, maxtrax or similar, jacking plate.

A shovel makes short work of moving material. Also means you can **** properly in the bush.

The OEM jack doesn't inspire me with confidence, I'll be replacing mine.

Tyre plugs are simple and awesome, the few flats I've had in recent years I haven't even taken the wheel off. Just plug and reinflate.

To be a good off road citizen have your own snatch strap as they degrade with every use, it's not nice to burden someone elses equipment. I remember a guy who used to carry a new snatch strap and sell it to the people he recovered. He didn't wear out his own equipment and the recoveree had their own for next time. I also carry a long static tow strap as it's better for some situations.

Knowing where your vehicle can be recovered/towed from make the job of someone helping you much easier. It's really annoying trying to work out how not to destroy someone's car. If you have a tow bar you can use the towing pin as it's a rated piece of equipment. I believe the Transporter has a front tow point behind the passenger fog light cover?? Might want to get a d-shackle to suit.

Jacking plate can be made from strong ply glued and screwed to the shape of your jack base. Scrap form ply from a construction bin is perfect.

[Transporter]

Also the saw or even better the chainsaw can come handy.
Big carry bags, so you can at least recover your belongings , if you get stuck and have to leave.