Posts Tagged ‘recovery’

Hand Winches

Tags: , , , Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

ARB Magnum Hand Winch

Over on the forum, there is a great discussion on Hand Winches. Manual winches (also commonly known as “come-alongs”) are a great alternative (but not a substitute) for a vehicle mounted electric, hydraulic or PTO winch. Hand powered winches can be used alone or in conjunction with your vehicle mounted winch in those especially sticky situations. Of course, just as with a vehicle mounted winch, the use of a manual winch will require additional recovery gear such as straps, tree savers, cable or winch rope, d-shackles and recovery points on your vehicle.

See the forum discussion at Hand Power Pullers.

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Press Release: ARB Snatch Block 9000

Tags: , , , , Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

ARB Snatch Block 9000

Those that regularly head off the beaten track know how essential it is to be prepared for a recovery situation. A snatch block is an incredibly useful piece of recovery equipment that enables you to retrieve loads that are double a winch’s capacity by reducing the load on the winch by half. To add to ARB’s range of snatch blocks and recovery equipment, an innovative new snatch block for both off road and competition use has just been released.
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