A SIMPLE but effective device to rescue stranded vehicles in all manner of situations is set to go global.

Inventor and manufacturer Paul Aubin is making the first 500 Bog Out award winning vehicle recovery systems himself before it goes into mass production. Mr Aubin told Businessweek it was the world’s most reliable and economical vehicle recovery device.

“It’s simple to use, compact and has been likened to a continuous snow chain,’’ he said. “Essentially, it’s a very strong harness designed to turn a vehicle’s wheels into winches.’’

It is a 4.5m long, four-tonne harness that attaches to a wheel that has lost traction and then to an…