Sunday, Apr 01, 2012 at 22:00
Hi
Gordon,
Its impossible to teach safe snatch recovery on a
forum. For some years I was a trainer/assessor in a 4wd club and it would be fair to say that I saw plenty of "unsafe recoveries" by "experienced" people. You will see even more unsafe recoveries on the beaches at goolwa/Coorong/Robe/
Beachport etc on any summer weekend. The most dangerous thing that can happen is that the recovery points break or tear away from the chassis and you end up with a steel missile on the end of an elastic strap aimed at the other vehicle.
Snatching is what you consider doing when simple towing has failed, and where winching is not an option.
To snatch with safety requires more equipment than just a snatch strap. An equaliser strap and rated recovery points mounted to the chassis make it safer. But then you also don't want to be snatched by a vehicle that lacks these as
well.
If you wish to learn more, then join one of the very good 4wd clubs in SA. The High Range 4wd club deals mostly with softroaders, and might be best for you but there are plenty of others - check out 4wdsa.asn.au
For what you are doing in Central Australia, let me assure you that a tow will get you out of 99% of situations. And your Suzuki is light enough not to need a heavy snatch. The majority of recoveries I have done in Central Australia involved pulling tourists in hire 4wds with 45psi in the tyres out of river beds!
Enjoy your trip - its a great part of the country.
Cheers
phil
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