Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

I've had this kit in my wish list for a bit:

$275 Bubba Rope Off-Road Truck Recovery Gear Set – Heavy-Duty Vehicle Tow Kit: Power Stretch Recovery Rope, 7/8” x 20’ - NexGen PRO Gator-Jaw Synthetic Shackles, 3/8” x 6.5” - Blue

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4V8WXD6

Prices don't move much on these, but this 30' rope is on a flash sale that I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on:

$210 Yankum Ropes,Kinetic Recovery Rope Made in The USA, 7/8 x 30 Tow Rope for Truck Heavy Duty, Kinetic Tow Rope and Kits, Recovery Straps for Truck,Heavy Duty Kinetic Recovery Strap kit

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6WMYFS2

Both are very good brands, highly rated and reviewed in my research. With that sale price on the 30' Yankum I can still get a couple soft shackles and a cheap bag of some kind for the price of the 20' Bubba Rope kit.

 

Go 30'

 

Save your money. I have a recovery rope and have never used it. It would be my last resort option. The only scenario I can see the advantage is on really slippery surfaces that won't allow enough traction and you need the inertia to move a stuck vehicle. Get a winch.

 

Why not both?

 

It's not about one having an advantage over the other. They're different recovery tools with different purposes. Yes, they're both for getting unstuck, but in different situations. I don't think anyone has ever (yet) winched me out of trouble, but more than once @pearing has said get a strap, I'll get you out. Rope or strap is also a better tool for towing than a winch, but ain't nobody gonna break down in this group.

Good rope is a couple hundred bucks. A new bumper and a winch is gonna run me 2-3 thousand bucks for what I want, not to mention convincing the wife it's necessary and probably waiting 6+ months for it to be built and shipped. I'll get there, but for now, replacing a questionable unrated HF tow strap and getting some soft shackles that I can also use with the future winch is the path I'm on.

 

I use my recovery strap, somewhat often to lengthen pulls or help as a tree saver. It is worth having as I don't buy those name brand units-Deans been the recipient of a strap pull... Probably should have a fancy stretchy one but I also dont subscribe to the full power bang yank recovery methodology.

 

My middle school shop teacher started with lecture, then shop time.

He ended every lecture with...

"If it works, use it. Just don't cut your finger off. Now get to work."

 

Hidden front receiver is a couple hundred bucks.....

 

I don't think you can go wrong with the 30' Yankum.

For towing, use a regular tow strap. I have a couple of 30' tow straps I picked up at Menards, and they've been extremely handy. They make a good winch extension, good for towing or pulling a down tree off the trail. And, you can save your expensive kinetic rope from some abuse.

 

That is what I subscribe to! If it works it ain't dumb.

 

I have one for a 2nd Gen ready to go for $100... 4X wants $320 ish

 

That's what those kinetic straps are for. But, I view kinetic recoveries as a last resort. I'd rather use a winch, or slow pull with a tow strap.

 

Sometimes doing things the wrong way works until it doesn't, and then something bad happens.

Don't get me wrong; I've used a pliers as a hammer hundreds of times. But, I don't like taking shortcuts with recovery gear.

 

I took a bunch of heat for the recovery video of when I was buried.
As prepared as we try to be we can't be prepared for everything.
So we make the best of what we did have.
ya know

 

I don't remember that.

I'm just saying that kinetic strap are for kinetic recoveries, and tow straps are for towing. They're each good to have.

No judgment.

 

That doesn't get better with age.

 

If someone wants one, I'll sell my old one cheap. It's a twin cylinder, works pretty good, just a little slower than my new one, but probably as fast as that VIAIR.

 

I'm no spring chicken here. But, I have heard things get better when you get older.

 

Smart guy.

 

You heard wrong.