hand winch

Throw in a snatch block and it will pull 5 tonne. Lots of effort to pull half as far as a single line pull though, but it will do it.

That said, from most of the places I have got stuck, it only needed to pull a meter or two to get going again.

Skip, borrow a handwinch & give it a go. On training weekends I make sure everyone has a go to see how hard they are to use. With a Hilux rolling on a 10 degree slope, 8 people took 15 minutes to move it less than 15 metres.(& they were all puffing) Now imagine the effort required by 2 people to move a 3.8 tonne tonne Troopy that was actually stuck in mud or on a 30 degree hill. Using a snatch block may half the effort but just doubles the pain.
An air bag, shovel & a tyre gauge are the cheap recovery items to get you out of the simple situations but when you're really stuck a hand winch is undersized for a vehicle like yours.
Cheers Craig..............

Make sure you eat your Weet Bix

You cant beat a powered winch if you need one
How do you plan on getting stuck?
A lot of people get by without any winch,just a good jack to lift the tyres and jamb something solid under there.

If you goiing to get a winch it has to be reliable.

Hi Skip,
Winches are a good standby. I have not had to use mine much but was glad I had it when it ended up being the most viable option. We usually travel alone so are more cautious than others that travel in groups. If we get stuck we usually manage to get out without using a winch. Winching can be dangerous and should be approached with caution and using all safety precautions. While accidents are rare they usually cause severe damage to either the operator or the vehicle. The winch is not often my first thought but rather a fall back after trying the simpler methods. Usually 10 minutes with a shovel and an adjustment of tyre pressue (either up or down) gets you out. It requires less effort and is often quicker. So I would get a good compressor before a hand winch. One thing I have noticed. If you are stuck in an area where a few others have been stuck already you can garantee some dill has pulled every winch point out of the ground for 50 metres! So you need 2 extention straps just to reach a reasonable anchour point. Plenty of people travel without them and if you travel in a group a winch is not really required. A hand winch is a lot of work. I don't even have one. If I need to winch backwards I use a chain, extension strap and Hi Lift Jack. Tedious but effective. When we did our training course my wife (50kg) got our car out by herself using this method. This was not really simulated, you could not drive the car out from the training area.

Steve