Once a year, almost without fail, we get a phone call that starts with "We're stuck in a layby up near the Cairngorms". The kit list to avoid that call is shorter and cheaper than most people think — but the brands you choose really matter. A snatch strap that snaps under load can put a steel shackle through a windscreen. A pair of cheap recovery boards bows in half on the first tug. Here's the gear we actually keep in our own 4x4s, after 32 years of pulling vehicles out of bogs, ditches and slippery field gateways across Perthshire and beyond.
Bob's Mechanical Repairs — independent family-run garage in Birnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire. Call 01350 727 276 or email [email protected].