| It is essential that when you take your Land Rover | | | | stuck in sand or mud, make sure you place a heavy |
| Discovery 3 or any off road vehicle off road, that | | | | coat or cover on the cable to reduce the cable from |
| you have have the right equipment with you. I carry | | | | flying through tha air and causing serious injury or |
| the following equipment with me. | | | | damage. |
| Spare wheel. In good condition (As my Land Rover | | | | Use D shackles or a Bow shackle with these ropes is |
| Discovery tyres are 18inch I had to carry an extra | | | | the safest way of connecting the rope. |
| spare tyre as it is difficult to get 18 inch tyres in | | | | Shovel. The most popular seems to be the Army |
| Morocco. (You could end up paying extortionate | | | | folding type shovel which is easy to stow away in |
| prices). | | | | your Land Rover. The best are the long handled type |
| Tow rope. A good quality towing rope between 5-10 | | | | especially in sand as you can dig away the sand from |
| metres is required. You don't want the 2nd vehicle in | | | | underneath your 4x4 a lot easier. |
| the same soft ground as you. Have proper rope ends | | | | When purchasing your air compressor make sure that |
| spliced and use shackles to connect to either vehicles. | | | | it is capable of inflating your Land Rover size tyre,. |
| You can buy readymade towing ropes or have them | | | | Some of the air compressor you get from your local |
| made. You can also buy a Kinetic rope for recovering | | | | car accessory shop is not up to the job. When I was |
| you're stuck off road 4x4. (You must know how to | | | | in Morocco some people were struggling to get their |
| use this rope safely). | | | | tyre to re-inflate before we could go back onto the |
| If you decide to go down the route of steel tow | | | | tracks as the air compressor was not up to the job. |
| rope and you are using it to pull out a vehicle that is | | | | |