Fused kinetic recovery rope

A fuse portion for attachment to a kinetic recovery rope, the fuse portion comprising:

• elongate fuse elements arranged in an overlapping or bundled arrangement, wherein the elongate fuse elements are secured together by a clamp, adhesive, potting, or an enclosure.

A method of protecting off-road vehicles involved in a recovery operation where a first off-road vehicle is in a stuck position and a second off-road vehicle is utilized to pull the first off-road vehicle out of the stuck position with a kinetic recovery rope, the method comprising:

• assessing a first off-road vehicle frame load limits at recovery attachment points of the first off-road vehicle and the second off-road vehicle;
• and
• selecting a fuse portion of the kinetic recovery rope, the fuse portion having an activation load limit below the vehicle frame load limits at the recovery attachment points.

A kinetic recovery system comprising a kinetic rope portion formed of braided nylon recovery rope portion connected to a fuse portion, wherein the fuse portion under tensile loading have a pair of overlapping fuse elements subjected to shear loading, and wherein the fuse portion has an activation load level that correlates to when the overlapping fuse elements slip in shear with respect to one another.