Looking to buy a good recovery shovel, something light weight with an extndable handle maybe...

any suggestions?
what are you using?
pics would be great

thanks
miles

Miles,

the shovel is of the type for digging a hole.
However, what you use should be dependent on what you anticipate. Jim Allens four wheeler bible recommends that you carry a shovel to anticipate the terrain or material you would come in contact with. Mud...Snow or sand ... a shoveling blade (straight or flat blade)is best.For hard ground or digging holes a digging blade works best(round or pointed). length is what you're willing to carry. longer provides more leverage. You may want a compact GI style and a long one on top of your rig. If you have not bought a copy of the four wheelers bible. I recommend you get a copy. I would add my own two cents that some of the newer handles are made of fiberglass or resin material. I would consider UV damage with prolonged exposure to the sun.

thanks...I guess I could pick-up compact GI shovel from an army surplus store...

Gerber makes a great shovel, and axe..

For where I live, I would go to Home Depot/Lowes and pickup a short handled fiber glass handled shovel and mount it to the roof rack. The reason for fiber glass is it will not weather like wood.

I will do that
thanks muzikman

That's what I have, $10.

I carry this all the time, mostly for snow or the unexpected.


But when going in the wood, I also bring a regular digging shovel.

I found a small shovel with a pointed blade at Wal-Mart that just fits into the roof-top basket. It's lived there for over a year now.

If I was heading for snow I guess I might also take my old backpacker's take-down snow shovel, LifeLink I think is the brand.

If you want to spend some money, about $178, but the Max Axe. I have it, and it works great! Mud, snow, and even rocks!

Max Axe

well said, here in colorado I have an e-tool that lives in the back and I started carrying a life link in the winter. You only have to dig out a highcentered truck in the snow once with an e-tool and the life link starts to look pretty cheap.

thanks for all the reccomandations...I guess it comes down to how much do you want to spend...