buy a quality one that folds away nice and tidy, dont buy cheap, I made that mistake and it blew on first contact with the hot exhaust, the better ones dont mind the heat too much
keep your exhaust in good condition though the pressure gets up pretty well and can blow mufflers off
a high lift jack is also a good investment, strap it to your bullbar
Hey Chalky......as DaveO said...make sure you buy quality. They are more expensive but well worth it.
A BIG tip when using them......make sure you have a piece of carpet that you can put between the bag and the vehicle. If there are any bolts or other sharp bits protruding, they will go straight through the bag. They are near on impossible to repair. I had a good one and used it when the mates 4wd got bogged. He had an extra long bolt on the spring hanger which I didn't notice, as it was dark, and it went through the bag. I took it to Mcleods and they patched it but the guy warned me that it wouldn't last. Sure enough...the second time I used it.....the patch let go. Whatever the material is they are made of, it makes them nearly impossible to repair. A decent piece of carpet over the top has fixed the problem.
I have used my a lot of times and I carry one with me always and much prefer it to the high lift jack......BUT.....that is only a personal preference and I don't want to get into a debate with the REAL four wheel drivers' on the pro and cons.
Other than that....as DaveO said.....make sure your exhaust system is in good nick.
Good luck.
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Re: DD's story of his mate's vehicle causing damage to his airbag... isnt it always the way? You have all this good recovery gear and end up ruining it on somebody elses truck who wasnt so well prepared!!! When we did a 4WD recovery course (for my benefit, D already knows that stuff) they actually advised as far as we could not to use our gear for/on other peoples vehicles!
The 4WD course I did advised to use carpet both under and on top of the bag. It's a little difficult to avoid getting bogged occasionally where there sharp stones.
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yep normally get stuck in sand or mud, floor mats are a good idea, never used ours much we had two lumps of aircraft walls, flat reinforced aluminium with holes all through them, chuck them down and drive over that!
ah airbag jack was an old miner who lived up near the pilbara region, he came across a boggy situation but happened to notice a corpse under the vehicle
now as the day got hotter and the corpse got bigger he noticed the vehicle getting lifted up in to the air, this gave him an idea but it was a bit rough trying to find a corpse everytime he was bogged so he invented a way of inflating and reinflating the corpse, this didnt take long before he wore out his welcome in most pubs
he then set about inventing a large container to hold the gas and tried blowing it up with his mouth, he found he had more pressure from the other end so he placed it there but soon run out of puff, he soon put two and two tegether and came up with the exhaust bag!!
ah airbag jack was an old miner who lived up near the pilbara region, he came across a boggy situation but happened to notice a corpse under the vehicle
now as the day got hotter and the corpse got bigger he noticed the vehicle getting lifted up in to the air, this gave him an idea but it was a bit rough trying to find a corpse everytime he was bogged so he invented a way of inflating and reinflating the corpse, this didnt take long before he wore out his welcome in most pubs
he then set about inventing a large container to hold the gas and tried blowing it up with his mouth, he found he had more pressure from the other end so he placed it there but soon run out of puff, he soon put two and two tegether and came up with the exhaust bag!!
As I said full of hot air..............LOL
Bloody good story Dave0.
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In the meters deep fine soft sand that we have in some inland places in the West, the "BullBag" was virtually the only way to shift a bogged car.
Using a woolen hallway carpet 'runner' we would inflate the bag under the carpet under the car, lock off the valve, and use the bag a bit like an inflatable boat roller. Two bags were even better.
A-a-h-h! The "good old days" of genuinely amateur car rallies.
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not really the answer i was looking for goingsoon
thanks DD that sounds good to me Cheers
When we did a 4WD recovery course (for my benefit, D already knows that stuff) they actually advised as far as we could not to use our gear for/on other peoples vehicles!
