Number one recovery item in my opinion is a kinetic rope
like the
Voodoo Rope I have or a
Bubba Rope.
On Galveston Island's "Empty Quarter" at the San Luis Pass,
I have recovered many vehicles.
Most of them much larger and far heavier than my 1998 TJ Sahara.
Made new friends the first day when all I had was a cheap recovery strap.
Equally important would be sturdy wooden dowels.
Use them to secure the strap or rope.
They can be easily removed after the recovery to release the rope.
Get the straps or ropes that have a loops in the ends.
Not the ones with metal hooks.
The dowels can also be used to join two ropes or straps together
when you don't want to drive into the yogurt.
Second item would be a short shovel like an entrenching tool.
Third would be the remains of the broken first cheap tow strap purchased.
Expendable and cheaper than soft shackles.
Use them to tie onto stuck vehicles however you can.
Let the person you are recovering attach the strap to their vehicle.
That is in case hard parts are pulled off.
This is a favor, I tell them. I am not responsible if something breaks.
The only price I charge is a photograph. So...
Fourth is your cell phone. Not to call for help
but to take pictures of the grateful but humiliated people you recovered.
Then post pictures of the victims here on this forum.
This is the last vehicle I recovered, a German tourist
who stuck his sand-sniffing, Series Seven rental BMW.