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This is the answer. You likely want a drop hitch anyway to tow close to flat, but that depends on your trailer. I use a drop hitch on mine.

edit: Agree on the Jeep pull being too hard. I don't like people I don't know helping on recovery or even spotting. None of this is to blame OP. Things happen, and in this case the Jeep driver sent 'er a little too hard.

Soft shackles are fairly new. No one ever advised for shackles, historically being steel, as being a fuse. Nothing has changed. The fuse should ALWAYS be the failed recovery. Any other methodology is dangerous. That is what you are missing. If you can't recover without doing it in a safe...

I usually don't mind being stuck. It's part of the fun and how you learn the limits of your driving and your rig. I heard that British or Australians often had a cup of tea while contemplating a recovery.

You don't want a "fuse" in recovery gear. You don't EVER want to pull hard enough to break any of that gear. Most soft shackles are 50k plus rated and I want that as high as possible while fitting my attachment points. If you are using a 12k winch and 2-3 snatch blocks/rings, you want enough...

That was bad wording on my part. When I said I 100% blame the shackle, I did not mean to say that I 100% blame the shackle for causing the incident in its entirety. I mean to say that I absolutely fault the shackle for failing. You don't want those giving way on a static pull either...

Of course I did. He was too fast even if it would have been less stuck and rolled out. From my post on this page: "Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an issue along too much speed."

How many recoveries have you been a part of?

I'm not taking wrong messages from anything. There are all kinds of conjecture and uninformed opinions in this thread. There were absolutely issues with this recovery as indicated by the results. But using a kinetic device was not the issue. Yes, pulling through uncleared deep snow was an...

Are you aware of kinetic recovery gear? It wasn't a tow strap. There were issues involved, but a kinetic strap is a useful piece of gear and you absolutely use it with rolling momentum.

I 100% blame the soft shackle. The rating on those cheap ones is a joke. Hard to say, but those are dangerous.

You don't take up the slack. That's the whole point of a snatch strap. They are made to stretch and use that energy to pull you out.

Yeah, tie rod at the wrong place is bad, rack is reeeeeaaaaly bad. I've had to do a lot of trail repairs and/or limp back to camp, but that would not be a good time.

Should be a damned recall not an upgrade.

I'll have to check. 21 sas. Have not wheeled it much as we've been taking the jeep but now I'm curious. Are any on the cracks you found on the lowers or all on the uppers?

Reviving this. Anyone find this in forscan? I'd rather do it in software if possible.

The hitch is as reinforced as the front recovery hooks. Hell, most aftermarket bumpers attach the the same points that secure the actual hitch. I have not had this bumper off, but the Tacoma uses the same 4 bolts for the hitch and aftermarket bumpers. The factory bumper only secures to the...

Have to reapply or does it stay pretty well with what wheels go though? Also, do you still have it all over everything else you own? lol. I love that stuff, but it's like glitter. Spreads like a virus over the entire house somehow.

Galvanic corrosion will still happen with stainless and Ti bolts in Alu wheels. Gold would be a decent choice though. :)

They are just a little harder than some things to waterproof because they need cooling air.