Video produced with permission from the woods family.

PR Director Justin King walks us through the recovery forces at play in Arizona that ultimately killed Ryan Woods. This video will demonstrate some hitches that should never be used for recovery, and demonstrate just some of the gear that is actually rated for recovering vehicles.

Kinetic recovery ropes, Gatorjaw shackles, Safe-Xtract gear, Factor 55 gear, all have very high WLL (working load limit) gear designed for safe vehicle recovery.

Please seek training from an I4WDTA trainer if you're doing offroad recovery work as a volunteer or paid profession. Please open your mind to adapting to new ways to safely recover vehicles. Going in and "flooring it" to get onto your next job is just going to get someone killed.

Stop using trailer hitches and tow balls!

Please share far and wide so nobody else has to die when they get stuck offroad.