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.
[video=youtube;ZNbt0GPobT0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNbt0GPobT0[/video]
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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.
[video=youtube;ZNbt0GPobT0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNbt0GPobT0[/video]
Ratchet straps and a old log not good'nuf fer ya? :)
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.
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.
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...
[video=youtube;Tqn3zLG-Ls4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqn3zLG-Ls4[/video]
[video=youtube;tvwEs3cn9e8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwEs3cn9e8[/video]
[video=youtube;TMVa3bqgg6Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVa3bqgg6Y[/video]