A folding military-style utility shovel with a nylon carrying case.

The shovel is the piece of recovery gear people skip and then wish they had. A great many recoveries are not a winching problem at all — they are a digging problem. Clear the sand from in front of the tires, cut a ramp out of the rut edge, and the vehicle drives out under its own power.

It folds down to fit in a case rather than living loose in the back, which is the difference between carrying one and meaning to.

Multi-functional in the usual military pattern — the head locks at an angle to work as a mattock for hacking at packed ground and roots, as well as flat for digging.