Black Rat Recovery Gear

Vouch? No.

But the odd bits I've used have been OK.

You did mean 8 ton and 2 x 4.5 ton bow shackles didn't you?

Let me see , what's the first thing that's going to break,

If you had a 9 ton snatch strap with a 3.5 ton rated bow shackle on both ends what is the weakest link ?

The recovery points on the car? Maybe !! .

What would happen if the 3.5 t bow shackle broke during a recovery, how many metres per second would a 150 gram projectile travel through a window.

What would happen if a snatch strap broke ? It can do some damage.

Always make sure what you buy will fit your vehicle,

Smaller cars may only need 6000k snatch strap

If my missus was going to buy me safety / recovery stuff for Xmas, I'd rush down and change my Will ! :)))))
Sadly, I'll never have the points on the board for it to happen. My missus works on the theory that if I get a point on the board she has to rub it off.
But she has other more important attributes, just hang around a while while I think.......

Hi have a Black Rat Jack (hi lift type) 6 years now no trouble used a fair bit.
Cheers

Hi Heefers,

I have a Black Rat recovery kit as you describe although I don't have their brand tyre deflators.

From my experience the gear seems pretty good and it can certainly cope with snatching a vehicle the size of an 80 series out of boggy sand if that helps at all.

Have a good one.

Save $100 on the tyre deflators as there are much cheaper and better options.

Heefers,

You will find with all recovery gear that it is made by only a few places and then sold on to retailers like Black Rat, TJM, ARB. They then paint or put a sticker on it and sell it as there own.

So a bow shackle from Black Rat is the same as a shackle from ARB.

Wayne

BLACKRAT RECOVERY GEAR is manufactured and distributed by BEAVER. One of Australia's largest industrial lifting and rigging companies. Blackrat is a very small part of their product range. This should give people confidence in their testing and quality because their "bread and butter" business is selling 1000 tonne slings and huge chain for ships etc. They are not a backyard importer that only sells to the 4WD market. (yes i do sell their product - lifting and rigging not 4WD)

I am sure that Black Rat makes excellent products, but if anyone had any negative comments they wouldn't make them here ....... their bleached bones and bogged vehicle are somewhere 'out there' waiting to be found!

they make s@it hot high lifts