About RiggingOps

RiggingOps is an independent publisher covering off-road and overland vehicle recovery gear: ropes, straps, shackles, winches, traction boards, and the rigging techniques that use them safely. We built this site because most of what's published in this category is written by retailers, gear brands, or forum posts repeating numbers nobody checked. We don't sell recovery gear. We read the spec sheets, cite them, and tell you what they actually say.

Who Publishes This Site

Articles on RiggingOps are credited to RiggingOps Editorial, a brand byline, not an individual. We're explicit about that rather than inventing a name, a garage, or a truck we don't own. A fabricated author bio would undermine the exact trust this site depends on.

That is a permanent policy, not a placeholder we intend to swap for a persona later. We are not going to invent a rigger, a certified instructor, or a decade of trail experience to put a face on this site, because the moment we did, every number on it would be worth less rather than more.

We Are Not the Experts. The Sources Are.

This matters more than a byline, so we will be blunt about it: RiggingOps is not a licensed rigger, a certified recovery instructor, or an engineering authority, and nothing here should be read as though it were. We do not test gear, and we do not issue professional opinions.

What we actually do is narrower and, we think, more useful. We find what the manufacturer or the governing standard already published, we quote it, and we link straight to it so the authority behind any number is the document itself rather than our say-so. That is why nearly every rating, formula, and specification on this site carries a source link right next to it instead of a footnote at the bottom. The point is not that you should trust us. The point is that you do not have to.

So please check our work. Open the source we linked and read it yourself. Compare what it says against the tag, stamp, and manual on the equipment actually in your hands, because that documentation governs your gear and a general article never can. Manufacturers revise specs, listings go stale, and pages we cited last month can say something different today. Where a recovery decision carries real risk to people or property, treat this site as a starting point for your own research and take the question to the gear manufacturer or a qualified professional, who can see your situation in a way we cannot. Spotted something here that does not match the source? Tell us on the contact page and we will fix it.

How We Stay Independent

RiggingOps doesn't sell recovery gear, doesn't take sponsorships, and has no financial relationship with any gear brand. The site is funded by Amazon Associates commissions on some product links and, eventually, display advertising. Neither is allowed to touch our rankings. The team that writes and edits picks doesn't see commission data by product, and a cheaper option that's the better pick gets recommended as the better pick, full stop. Our full evaluation criteria are on the methodology page.

How We Use AI in Our Research

RiggingOps uses AI-assisted tools as part of our research and drafting process: pulling and organizing manufacturer spec data, drafting initial copy, and checking our own work against our editorial standards. Every published number is checked against an actual manufacturer source before it runs, and every draft passes a human editorial review before publication. We disclose this plainly because readers deserve to know how content gets made, not because AI assistance is something to hide or something that replaces editorial judgment on this site.

Corrections Policy

Manufacturers update specs, discontinue products, and occasionally publish numbers that don't hold up. When we get something wrong, whether it's a rating, a comparison, or a claim, we fix it and note when the page was last updated. If you find a load rating or spec on this site that doesn't match what a manufacturer currently publishes, we want to hear about it. See Contact for how to report a spec error; we treat those reports as a priority, not a suggestion box.

Questions

Reach us through the contact page. For how we evaluate and rank gear, read the review methodology. For how affiliate links work on this site, read the affiliate disclosure.