Through our web app, we received a ticket Sunday morning at 6:59am, for a recovery of a Dodge 3500, stranded near La Dee Flats in a foot of snow on the side of the road. Melvin, who submitted the ticket, was driving Sunday morning when he skid of the road toward the bank. With not…
Bigger tires pros and cons…
Everybody’s first upgrade, more often than none are increasing tire size. Some even upgrade without adequately considering the consequences. Am I against upgrading? of course not, but you need to study what upgrades you will need in order to get a well balanced upgraded vehicle. Let’s start from the beginning When you buy your vehicle,…
Having fun!
In this episode of Matt’s offroad recovery, Matt joins a group of offroaders for the first time to tackle some fun trails during the winter Jamboree. He mentions in the video, that this is the first time he actually goes to a trail for fun, he always partially completed parts of trails but never done…
Use Protection!
Lots of us spend thousands of dollars upgrading our vehicles, making them more powerful, taller, more aggressive-looking, etc. etc. What some of us overlook often is what’s going on underneath our vehicles. Often I come across jeeps on the trails trying to go over obstacles without any skid protection under some of the most critical…
Support your local shop
Here in the PNW (Pacific North West), There are a lot of great shops that do stellar work being someone that does recoveries on a regular base I never have time to stop and work on my rig. With work and recoveries, I’m always moving around. Well, I would have to say I found the…
Using a kinetic rope
How Kinetic Recovery Ropes Work The recovery vehicle transfers kinetic energy through the nylon rope to the vehicle that is stuck in the mud, snow, or sand. Most kinetic ropes can stretch up to 30 percent of their original length helping to reduce shock loads on vehicles. Once the potential energy stored in the rope…
Member’s raffle
Here is the video of the first raffle among our web app members. This time we rafle some awesome BPA snatch blocks. We have been using them on the trails and have nothing but praise for this product. Enjoy the video and keep helping us build up our community, we will have more raffles, and…
Matt’s Jeep gets stuck
In this episode Matt is trying to reach a customer, but he gets stuck a few hundred feet before the customer’s jeep who entered from the opposite direction. Matt’s jeep gets high center so he brings a snowcat to pull him and the customer. As always, thanks to Matt, from Winder Towing; Tow and Rescue Services…
Work Day Recovery
It’s not very often you get a recovery request within a few miles from your own place. Much less in a densely urban area where Crafts stores, Tap houses and Wal Mart are on the same block. This request was called in by someone who had tried to turn around over a small unpaved section…
Practice makes Perfect
Do you own a bunch of gear, have you test it all? Have you put yourself in trouble just to see if your gear works the way its supposed to? Local trails are a great place to go play and practice. Invite a few friends and get yourself stuck, practice recovering yourself with your own…