Off-road recovery gear analysis you can actually check.

Standards

How Thick Does Ice Need to Be to Drive a Truck On It? The Agencies Disagree

For the same passenger car, published minimums run from 7 inches to 12 inches. Two agencies refuse to publish a number at all. Here is every table, unmerged.

Standards

Does Exhaust Heat Damage a Recovery Strap? OSHA Publishes Two Answers

OSHA's regulation says 180°F for nylon and polyester. OSHA's own guidance page says 194°F. Both are on osha.gov, and every maker follows the higher one.

Troubleshooting

Your Shackle Pin Keeps Backing Out Because Nothing but Friction Stops It Turning

A screw pin has no locking feature. Every manufacturer warning treats it as a rigging-geometry problem, not a torque problem. What they actually publish.

Standards

Plug vs Patch vs Plug-Patch: A Repair Has Two Jobs, Not One

The injury has to be filled and the innerliner has to be sealed. A plug does the first, a patch the second, and only one method does both.

Standards

How Big a Puncture Can Be and Still Be Repaired: One Number, One Source

Every maker says a quarter inch. They are all quoting the same wall chart, and it is not the only number the same body publishes.

Standards

A Cracked Recovery Ring: Six Makers, and Not One Retirement Criterion Between Them

Six recovery ring makers publish a rating. None publishes an inspection or retirement criterion. The one standard that does was written for other hardware.