Heavy terrain is incredibly tough on many vehicles, and whilst there is nothing quite like being able to get your 4WD through a tough obstacle unassisted, the most important part is getting your 4WD through the obstacle, FULL STOP!

If you are keen on four-wheel driving, there is no substitute to having a high-powered winch on the font of your 4WD for trouble free self-recovery on the track. The added benefit to getting yourself un-stuck is not requiring your mate’s vehicle to pull you out, saving you a beer, and giving you an epic tale to share around the campfire!

There are many options of winch and recovery gear in the 4WD Supacentre lineup, starting with the Adventure Kings Domin8r X 12,000lb Winch, this winch has been the workhorse of choice for Aussies for years, offering plenty of power and control when a poorly chosen line doesn’t quite go to plan.

With 12,000lb of pulling power a Domin8r X Winch is an extremely useful tool for pulling yourself free, fitted with 26m of 9.5mm UHMWPE synthetic rope the cable is stronger than steel and capable of pulling even fully loaded 4WD’s out of trouble on the tracks. With a 7.2HP motor, and 218:1 gearing ratio, there isn’t many winches that really hold up to the performance found in a Domin8r X Winch.

The included winch cable includes a spring-loaded winch hook which is perfect for connecting up a recovery and the included hand controller gives the ultimate control from inside the cabin or even for helping set up the recovery by paying out cable and getting the cable tensioned before jumping in the cabin and driving it through.

The Domin8r X winch earned its stripes over the years, and whilst it still offers campers one of the best bang for buck winches on the market, it has been superseded by its newest iteration the Domin8r Xtreme 12,000lb adds the improvement of wireless control which can reach the entire length of the winch cable meaning you can walk the cable out to the extension of the cable and set up your recovery with full control over your cable tension and paying out!

No matter which winch you choose to install on the front of your vehicle it will practically be useless until you chuck a recovery kit in the back of your vehicle. The bare minimum requirements for a recovery kit, is a winching tree trunk protector which will easily wrap around most large sized trunks and prevents a winch cable from cutting into the tree effectively killing resulting in no solid anchoring point for the next guy!

A Recovery Kit should also include a snatch block, which is a rated pulley used to set up “block and tackle” recoveries, which use a pulley advantage to double the pulling power and slow the pull down for enhanced control, additionally you have the advantage of being able to redirect the line for longer pulls, using the Hercules Recovery Kits you also get a winch extension strap for even more reach when the winch cable just can’t reach.

The amount of force in a 4WD recovery using a winch is spectacular when you consider that a full size 4WD loaded to the top can weigh in excess of 3.3 tons and when you are in the mud or deep sand can increase the load on the winch by many times making a recovery kit an essential because of the Winch dampener.

To get more bang for buck and recoveries that simply cannot be beaten, to find out more about the entire range of 4WD recovery gear is to head to www.4WDSupacentre.com.au to see the full range, if you need to find out specific information call us on 1800 88 39 64, or drop into one of our stores to see the range in person speak to our expert team and head home with a bargain!