Snatch blocks are brilliant things, but have you ever noticed how good they are at hiding? Put one somewhere sensible in the back of your Land Rover and you can guarantee that by the time you need it, it will have wormed its way down beneath something else where it’s...
Warn’s latest Pullzall Sling is the latest addition to the company’s UK accessory list. Made from a durable nylon construction with reinforced stitching, it’s perfect for shifting large heavy items.
Warn remains a top name in the world of winches, despite the amount of extra competition it now faces compared to a decade or so ago. But the company also makes a wide range of winching accessories and related equipment too.
Paddock Spares has launched the Factor 55 range of recovery products into the UK. Aimed at the top end of the winching market, these come from the USA and consist of two product ranges, the Prolink and the Flatlink.
Not content with making winches everybody wants, Warn has introduced a range of hooks and shackles that somehow manage to introduce sexiness to a subject you thought was immune to it. They’re coated with Cerakote, you see, which provides maximum protection and reliability against wear and abrasion – and also...
Goodwinch's Turbo Power Controller has been around for a couple of years, but a lot of people still don’t seem to understand what it does. Put simply, it’s a safe way of running a 12-volt winch on 24-volt power when you want to give it an extra short-term boost –...
If you're putting a winch on a Japanese 4x4 and want an off-the-shelf bumper for it, ARB is probably the first name you’ll think off. The latest product from the Aussie giant is a winch mount kit for the Toyota Hi-Lux that’s tailored specifically to Warn’s Zeon range, and it’s...
Warn's latest remote control system is a model of simplicity. You plug the receiver into the remote socket on your winch’s control pack and… that’s it.
It's pretty obvious that one of the things a hawse fairlead has to do is be smooth and slippery. Not a big ask when it’s brand new, but after a few hardcore recoveries have seen a gritty, muddy winch rope dragged over its surface under enormous tension, it would take...
‘The world’s first dedicated winch challenge winch rope.’ That’s a bold enough claim to be going on with, but First Four says its new Shadow Comp-Line rope is exactly that. Produced by leading manufacturer English Braids, it was developed with First Four’s input to be a rope that would be...
It's muddy. It's cold. Everyone’s getting stuck and there are recoveries going on left, right and centre. All you want to do is get back in the cab and drive, so as soon as you’re moving again you just chuck your towing gear back in your truck and away you go.