Bush Winch

I use a bogout instead. www.bogout.com (hyperlink insert doesn't work on my phone). Similar but fits all cars, a LOT cheaper, is feather light and works on the same principle.

Biggest issue is you need two anchor points in the direction you want to go. Recovery boards (Maxtrax) would cover most, if not all, the same situations and much easier and quicker.

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I have been salivating about these for some time. Trouble is, in the deserts where I go, I would need to carry a tree also! lol

I do carry MaxTrax and like Chris says, "they should cover most situations". Mind you, I have never needed them either (touch wood).

For situations where there are no trees and soft sand bogs you, carry a few hessian bags, and partially fill the bags with sand, dig them down in front of the wheels and drive out.
I think these are available as Bogbags, and quite cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtHqrVvvK3o

No connection etc, but the lightest solution I've found to carry.

Cheers, Bob

These have been around for years, originally they used modified wheel rims.

these are what I carry

First photo is on the front wheel of a cruiser - so you buy diff locks too or is it just a hoax? I could think of 100 reasons to buy an actual winch over these things.

The problem with the Bushwinch is that it places an enormous load on wheel studs, because of the leverage - and there's a need to keep steering wheels straight, if placed on the front wheels.

They are a device that poses storage and carrying problems when you might only have a need for them, once a year.

The sand bags are a better system, even though they involve a bit more work.
Nothing beats a winch, as long as you have something solid to pull on.
In treeless areas, that means digging a hole and utilising the spare as a pull point.

Cheers, Ron.

A good 4WDing course is the cheapest and quickest way out of a bog ;-)

I’m astounded by some of the comments here! I knew a fella whose only pieces of get out gear were a high lift jack and a couple of rims he modified, similar to the bush winch. He’s still active in 4WDriving in his 70s, as far as I know, and still using the same gear. Interestingly, he never criticizes other people’s gear and never tells anyone his rims and high lift are the ‘be all, end all’ of get out gear – just a preference that he uses to good effect. I wonder what Tom Kruse would think of all the fancy gear we now have access to? Probably thinks today’s 4WDers are a bunch of wimps and as far as I know he never completed a 4WD course!