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Jim
January 8th, 2022, 10:16 PM
First four minutes of the vid - a couple sets of old shackle plates to use as a band-aid / patch to hold a broken spring together to get off of the trail.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNbt0GPobT0

flashboiler
January 10th, 2022, 10:31 AM
Ratchet straps and a old log not good'nuf fer ya? :)

Jim
January 10th, 2022, 01:02 PM
Ratchet straps and an old log were the perfect items for that (all-too-memorable) day! Heh!



Carrying a couple old shackle plates and bolts could be a more compact option.

speedkills
January 11th, 2022, 09:59 AM
Tie down straps and an old log were how I braced my knee to hike out of the trail when tearing my ACL mountain biking up near Vancouver, BC. Definitely good enough for me.

Java
January 12th, 2022, 12:31 PM
I carry a short piece of strong chain and a couple of bolts with washers and nuts that fit through the links. Anything you can wrap the chain around you can clamp down, you can also fudge a link with it to get off the trail.

in 2012 there was a series called One Car Too Far where two guys were dropped into a forest with a Jeep and had to get out. They broke the D35 and used a tree in Episode 2. Wish I could find this in higher resolution...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqn3zLG-Ls4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwEs3cn9e8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVa3bqgg6Y