What is the strongest recovery point on your vehicle?
A true recovery point is a spot on a vehicle that can support the weight of the vehicle when being towed or pulled. These points are usually frame-mounted, like a...
Chris Jurden |
Tips and Tricks
What is the strongest recovery point on your vehicle?
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Winching with no anchor in sight!
Here at GearAmerica, we put on recovery gear classes locally, and there's always common questions that people ask. One question comes up quite often when we are talking about winching,...
Chris Jurden |
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Gear Up and GO! Organize and Lead an Off-Road Adventure
Have YOU ever wanted to lead a trail run? Here's some tips for a fun and successful day. Set a Time and Place The first step to hosting a successful trail...
Chris Jurden |
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Recovery Gear Care: How to Disassemble and Reassemble your Snatch Block
Snatch Block Maintenance: A Little Care Goes a Long Way We are off-roaders. Everything gets dirty. Whether you are in the desert dust, forest mud or snowy mountains, you can...
Chris Jurden |
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Tree Saver Q&A with GearAmerica: What is a tree saver strap?
A tree saver strap, also known as a tree trunk protector, is probably the most underappreciated, yet most useful part of any recovery gear kit. It has many uses, and is many...
Chris Jurden |
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GearAmerica GOLD Ring: Using A Snatch Recovery Ring
The Gold Standard in Off-Road Recovery The GearAmerica Gold Ring is here! The Gold Ring is a Snatch Recovery Ring, and works much like a Snatch Block to assist in...
Chris Jurden |
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Mitigating Risk Off-Road
GearAmerica is an off-road recovery gear company. Our products are designed to be tools to safely help in potentially dangerous situations. We understand that situations can get out of control...
Chris Jurden |
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Protect Your Most Valuable Assets...YOUR HANDS!
Tools and Gear We all agree that having at least the minimum of necessary tools, as well as GearAmerica Recovery Gear is important for any off-road excursion. This goes for...
Chris Jurden |
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When should you replace your off-road gear?
Take care of your gear, and it will take care of you! Does that sound familiar? That was the first statement on the gear maintenance post a month ago. It's...
Chris Jurden |
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WLL vs MBS. Making sense of STRENGTH!
What does this stuff mean? In the rigging and recovery gear industry, a lot of work goes into determining the strength of a product. Here at GearAmerica, it's no different,...
Chris Jurden |
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Snatch Blocks! Which one and why?
The Snatch Block is a must-have for any recovery gear kit. The possibilities are endless when it comes to uses and function. Whether you are using it to self-recover, change...
Chris Jurden |
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Tow Strap? Kinetic Rope? Why you need BOTH!
Having proper, well made, safe gear for a recovery is paramount, and here at GearAmerica, all of our products go through extremely stringent engineering, and testing so we can provide...
Chris Jurden |
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Advanced Off-Road Winching Techniques Series - Episode 1
Learn the proper way to use an off-road winch recovery kit. We go over a single line pull, a single line snatch block pull and a single line double snatch...
Roger Bobrock |
