Amateur Snow Recovery Kit

Hey All,

Looking to build a generic amateur recovery kit, mostly for bad weather here in MI. Was consider the following:

• Kinetic rope (leaning toward SE Overland 1x30 - debating 7/8 and or 20')
• Kinetic bridle (10' debating between 7/8" and 1" - will obviously match above)
• Soft shackles (leaning toward Factor 55 extreme duty 10")
• Factor 55 Hitchlink 2.0
• MaxxTraxx or the like
• Shovel

Anything else to consider getting?

Also would love input as to 7/8 vs 1" and 20' vs 30'. I dont want to 2 ropes, was thinking i could do the 20' and use the bridle to make it 30' if necessary with soft shackles - or does it make more sense to have the 30 w/ 40' option?

 

20ft is really close together. I would go with 30ft. Save your money on the Hitchlink, Curt Mfg makes a 13k pound receiver shackle mount that has hitch pin holes on both axis and comes with a 6.5 ton shackle. Snatch strap or kinetic rope should be roughly 2x the gvwr of your vehicle. Bubba Rope Pro shackles are also good, maybe less expensive than the Factor55.

 

snow recovery?
Air compressor, low pressure gauge, some kind of tool lower the air pressure in your tires. After that I would buy a snow shovel, than a set of recovery boards.

 

Skip the Over Priced Maxtrax and take a look at the "Go Treads" for less than 1/2 the price and actually perform very good! used them Yesterday on a friends 2 wheel drive car stuck in snow and they worked better than I thought they would. Plus you can use the Go Treads as leveling pads when camping. they are only $119 for a pair. https://gotreads.com/

 

Sorry should have said snow recovery for other vehicles - thinking helping friends / co-workers / others who slide off the road.