The MAXTRAX Hitch 50 is designed as a towbar mounted recovery point exclusively for use with the MAXTRAX Core & Fuse Shackles, a key part of the MAXTRAX RECOVERY SYSTEM. As more adventurers replace the traditional steel shackles in their kit for the safer MAXTRAX soft shackles, the MAXTRAX Hitch 50 creates another safe opportunity for us to use them.
Standard recovery hitches and other recovery points are generally designed for use with hard shackles. The issue here, is generally if a soft shackle is used with these, the corners at either side could significantly weaken the shackle.
By engineering a hitch to be used exclusively with soft shackles the team at MAXTRAX have made a hitch with an extremely large curve radius to ensure it doesn’t weaken the soft shackle it is paired with.
Checkout the video below for a full run-down on the MAXTRAX RECOVERY SYSTEM: