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Geez, all this certainty! Straps stretch. So you have a hi-lift jack attached to a giant bungee cord. Not so friendly. I mean, it's not sooo bad if the strap breaks. But what if something else breaks? Chain is better if its SWL is higher than the jack's capacity and it's in good condition...

Some tyres/rims are waaaay easy, and some are waaay difficult!

A bottle jack is fine for tyre changing, but it doesn't solve your problem for recovery when you're stuck. Not that I can see an ideal solution for that...

Agreed. You might choose to sell what's profitable, not necessarily what's superior quality!

What's a "winch instructor", and how does it get to be "approved by all the major manufacturers"? I ask because I think your points are long on personal resumé, and short on evidence. There are a lot of people on this forum whose experience and expertise would be hard to match, and I'm not...

Another reason to go with a small come-along, and make up with lots of rigging, IMO. The part where you're working is generating smaller loads = less catastrophic breakages. Just keep away from the ends where the big loads are!

I've done that often. I'm not sure why it would be worse for the tyre, in you're careful. But it sometimes requires lots of attempts (rotating the tyre) to break the bead. Less successful with wide tyres on the bead-breaking truck!

Yes, and it's not on ExPo. 1LegLance's explanation of the difference between being rude and being critical was spot on. It's just an adult thing - the ability to point out flaws and discuss weaknesses in someone else's work (or opinions) without being mean. Of course it's a good thing to...

You misjudge the depth of a mud hole, and end up sunk to the front bumper. You get grounded on a boulder. There are lots of situations where pulling backwards might be better than forwards.

One problem when you're in a situation like this... ... is that keeping the jack clean is next to impossible. Everything gets muddy. That's true about the shrapnel from chain. The snag with using a strap is that it's got more stretch than a chain. Firstly, that means that the already...

They were pretty much the only option for "OBA", unless you had air brakes. What I remember most about using mine was how difficult it was to remove - HOT HOT HOT! The hose was attached to the "plug" with a knurled screw-on fitting, so the plug couldd be removed with a socket. But I still always...

I've always been a fan of High-lift jacks, but I must say I am rethinking my position. What I don't like about them is that they are: Dangerous Heavy Hard to stow Hard to keep clean Unreliable/ineffective when they are dirty Versatile, but don't do anything well. Yes, it does the work of a...

What I gathered from your words was the idea that the "15 pages of mathematical debate" was entirely irrelevant to what was, after all, a simple answer to the original question. Evidently that wasn't what you meant, and so I apologise - no offense was intended in any case. Btw, I don't think...

I am amused that quite a few people have somehow thought that they'll just bypass all the pointless discussion, and just give the definitive answer!

You're absolutely right about the first statement, but I can't agree with the latter at all. Firstly, it doesn't gel with my own observations of winches in action (or inaction, as is often the case when a winch is needed). Secondly, while I have no doubt that Warn trade hugely on their brand...

I think "hand-built" is just another way of saying that the production line is very old-fashioned and inefficient, and the volumes don't justify modernising. If Tata build a new "Defender" based on a LR3 frame, I believe it will fall between two stools, suiting neither the true utility market...

Wasn't this the tyre that supposedly "replaced" the Trac-Edge? The BFG Trac-Edge was a superb tyre, and if they still made them, they'd be my first choice (esp if they introduced them in 285/55-16, which never was an option, unfortunately).

I should clarify that the first problem - the larger size of the sockets - is not entirely due to the dual metric/imperial fit. All flank-drive sockets and spanners will be slightly bigger in diameter than an equivalent conventional 6- or 12-point socket/spanner. (This is to accommodate the...

You're right - it's not necessary for a short trip. But it's also not that heavy or bulky, so why not have it all the time? One you get really practised at using the plugs, they are really quick to do. You can often have the hole completely and properly plugged before the tyre is flat...

I have a set which I've owned for nearly 20 years, and never broken a tool. Great quality, look like they were made in the Snap-On factory. I like the concept of driving the nut by the flats rather than the hex corners. Having said that, their Achilles heel is that they are both metric and...