quartz
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Before getting into recovery gear, here are some tips to keep you safe:
1. ALWAYS share your plans with someone who cares about you that can call for help in case you do not check in. This virtually eliminates the possibility of being in a long-term survival situation.
2. Until you have gear and knowledge to self-recover, consider offroading with a friend or a local offroad group. Your $10K offroad Recovery Kit is useless if you experience a critical mechanical/electrical failure.
3. Offroading often means no cellular service, make sure you have the means to communicate in an emergency (especially when solo). Consider getting a GMRS license and a 5W radio so you can call for help in 5+ mi range (20+ mi range if you have repeater access). Heck, get two radios so you can scan and broadcast simultaneously in an emergency. If you're going to be far from civilization, consider getting a SEND Unit, like inReach Mini 2--it has 2-way gps communication so you can call for help no matter where you are.
Especially when you are solo, make sure you have (1) and (3) covered.
Now for the goodies, here are some recs to cover the essentials:
- spare tire/tools and tire patch kit (most accidents offroad are tire related)
- sturdy shovel (super versatile, in addition to getting unstuck, you can put out fires, build shelter, find water, burry your $#!+)
- large container for potable water
- tow strap kit (rivian offroad kit or similar)
- MAXTRAX boards (get EXTREME to support the weight, ideally get 4 boards so you can have one at each wheel, stagger them to create longer runway, or stack them to create a bridge to get through larger obstacles)
- a winch is great, but if you're like me and not ready to go crazy with aftermarket mods, consider a double line pulley with the Hi-Lift jack (example below)
1. ALWAYS share your plans with someone who cares about you that can call for help in case you do not check in. This virtually eliminates the possibility of being in a long-term survival situation.
2. Until you have gear and knowledge to self-recover, consider offroading with a friend or a local offroad group. Your $10K offroad Recovery Kit is useless if you experience a critical mechanical/electrical failure.
3. Offroading often means no cellular service, make sure you have the means to communicate in an emergency (especially when solo). Consider getting a GMRS license and a 5W radio so you can call for help in 5+ mi range (20+ mi range if you have repeater access). Heck, get two radios so you can scan and broadcast simultaneously in an emergency. If you're going to be far from civilization, consider getting a SEND Unit, like inReach Mini 2--it has 2-way gps communication so you can call for help no matter where you are.
Especially when you are solo, make sure you have (1) and (3) covered.
Now for the goodies, here are some recs to cover the essentials:
- spare tire/tools and tire patch kit (most accidents offroad are tire related)
- sturdy shovel (super versatile, in addition to getting unstuck, you can put out fires, build shelter, find water, burry your $#!+)
- large container for potable water
- tow strap kit (rivian offroad kit or similar)
- MAXTRAX boards (get EXTREME to support the weight, ideally get 4 boards so you can have one at each wheel, stagger them to create longer runway, or stack them to create a bridge to get through larger obstacles)
- a winch is great, but if you're like me and not ready to go crazy with aftermarket mods, consider a double line pulley with the Hi-Lift jack (example below)
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