r/overlanding • u/Cometcoil2 • 3d ago

Recovery gear

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Nice guy in my neighborhood gave me some recovery gear for my Truck

Any help identifying what’s what so I can learn how and when to use it.

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u/Ok-Boysenberry3948 3d ago

The red one LOOKS like a tree strap. The green one LOOKS like a recovery strap, and the blue LOOKS like winch rope.

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u/Galax8811 3d ago

Is there no label sewn onto the straps indicating their strength and percentage of stretch assuming they are kinetic straps?

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u/d_heat 3d ago

Blue one seems to be a winch line/extension. Get it spliced so you have eyes/loops on both ends (right now it has a metal piece where it normally attaches to the winch)

Red and green look like tow straps. Probably same rating only different lengths. NEVER DO HARD PULLS WITH THESE!

Get some soft shackles and a kinetic rope and you're pretty much set for most cases.

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u/Unicorn187 3d ago

Just based on the looks, the labels should give more information if there is one.
The green looks like a 3 inch by 30 (or maybe 20) foot static recovery strap. Straight line pulling with little stretch.
The red seems like a tree saver strap. You put it around the tree you're using as an anchor for your winch. It gives you something to hook the winch to instead of wrapping a thin steel or synthetic strap around the tree and causing damage to that tree.
The blue could be a winch extension, or maybe a synthetic winch line.

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u/MDPeasant Weekend Warrior 3d ago

I do not recommend carrying or using recovery gear that does not have an idenitifable working load limit or minimum breaking strength. I would thank your neighbor and appreciate the thoughtfulness, but if you can't find the WLL/MBS I wouldn't use it.

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u/nayrlladnar 2006 Mitsubishi Pajero SWB 3.8L V6 (JDM) 3d ago

Green strap looks like Bunker Indust towing strap. BUNKER INDUST 3" x 30ft 30,000 lbs Strength Recovery Car Towing Rope E – Kiwi Offroad

This is a static strap, not a kinetic "snatch strap".

If you do not have a winch, the blue rope will be almost useless to you in a vehicle recovery scenario.

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u/Such_Magazine_7790 1d ago

Get some recovery rings and soft shackles. You can use the winch line to pull somebody else at an angle that your vehicle can’t get to. Wrap the tree strap around a tree-hook the winch rope to your vehicle-run it through a ring on the tree strap-go whatever angle is needed to the stuck vehicle.