New Recovery Device...BOG OUT..

thoughts?

the chick was HOT!!

watched the demo vid 3 times just for that

Looks interesting! Just wondering if it would work the same on the front wheel? Guess a locker would assist with that.

Always looking to increase my recovery options.

Kind regards

Yes it looks ok for that demo,because you have a tree to tie onto,but that is not always around when you need one.I have used BogBags to get my motor home (11.5 tonne) out of a bog ,but they are most suited for sand ie beach or tracks where there is no anchor points handy and about $49 very cheap recovery, check out BogBags.com.au

Always nice to have a convenient tree or rock directly behind or in front of the wheel you are using.
I wonder how it would go on a front wheel considering the steering is usually done from there. I guess at least you could keep the wheel in question pointed directly at the anchor point.

Cheers
Pop

Obtaining a suitable anchor point is always an issue when recovering with a winch and the same applies to this product. The 'Bog Out' has a further problem in that it is necessary to have the anchor point aligned such that there is a direct line of pull otherwise the Bog Out can wind off the tyre to wrap around the axle and damage both itself and brake-lines etc. The product instruction makes several warning references to this hazard.

The video and text promotion make much of the product's performance using only one Bog Out but unless the vehicle has a locked diff then the opposite wheel is free to spin unless a second Bog Out was used.

In the promotional video a 'convenient' fallen log is used for an anchor affording the possibility of attaching two Bog Outs if required but in practise two appropriate anchor points may be difficult to obtain. Ground anchors may solve this situation but then that is an additional cost and an additional pair of devices to carry. A single point of attachment for a pair of Bog Outs would only suffice if positioned a long way from the vehicle or a spreader bar was employed.

Rather not be a 'knocker' but I think I'll stick to lower tyre pressures and the MaxTrax.

cheap light doesnt look like it will take up much space.
rather than say like above ill stick to max tracks etc. I see all recovery tools as having a use (mostly)
in certain situations some tools work better or are more appropriate than others
- the more tools you have the more options you have

Yep I think one will go in the recovery kit. Can't hurt having one on board especially as we usually travel solo.

Very similar to The Bush Winch but a lot cheaper and lighter plus would fit more cars. A ground anchor is handy as well for when there are no trees. Burying a spare wheel is super hard work.

Hmmmm, could be sitting on a gold mine with all those hessian bags in the shed LOL

Howdy All

Michael H9 said "Burying a spare wheel is super hard work."

Yep - been there done that lol ! Back in the early 90's I was alone and quite isolated in Central Australia and got myself horribly bogged in very soft sand. Had a winch and 40 metres of winch cable - only problem was that the nearest tree was 100 metres away.
I had remembered the story about burying your spare wheel so out came the shovel and started digging - made a nice size hole/trench nearly 6 feet deep and 90 degrees to the winch cable, buried the spare with cable attached. Started the Patrol, powered up the winch with the hand controller, let out the clutch then increased the revs slowly and got wheels turning and within about 90 seconds I had 2 tonne of sand mounded up right in front of my car ! What would I have paid for a set of max trax there and then ?

Cheers

Gazz

I missed the bit where the bog out was wrapped around the wheel several times but when she went to remove it it was only just on one side maybe i missed the magic undo because on that track by the time you undo it you are back in the bog May be I'll have another look !!!

I've a better solution: DON'T GET BOGGED in the first place! It's years and decades since I was last bogged, so if a dumb bastard like me can stay out of it, I don't see why all you rocket scientists can't as well.

I've never failed to retrieve a vehicle from a sand bog by simply lowering tyre pressures, sometime to having them barely stand up off their rims. As for mud, you don't get bogged if you don't go into it. And then you don't have to blast it off with a pressure cleaner. Nothing like getting home after a really good trip through the bush (secure in the knowledge you haven't wrecked the tracks) and not having to spend an hour getting the rig clean.