Quote Originally Posted by 4bye4 View Post
You can't win can you? No matter how many time it's published there are still going to be people that do stupid things. You can by a recovery kit from all sorts of places between $50 and $100 or so with no instructions and very little in the way of warnings either. The other thing that bothers me is if enought people get hurt or killed, somone in a white shirt and tie in an office somewhere will just ban the use of snatch straps, or legislate the use of reflective shirt, protection for the chest, steel toe cap boots, helmet and eye protection before you are permuitted to attach a tow line of any sort.
Maybe they don't put instructions on/in a recovery kit is for liability reasons.
Maybe they should recommend a course before using any equipment
But everyone's an expert out in the bush and that where the accidents happen.
If it doesnt look safe chances are it isn't, refuse the recovery and think it out
with a bit of brainstorming,