Traction boards or Winch

[Area 51]

The worst times i have been stuck traction boards would have done the trick.
I am really starting to think traction boars, which i have multiple sets of may be the over all better option vs a winch used more for pulling road blocked fallen trees out of the way.
Very interested in some experienced opinions on this subject vs mine.

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[JordanJ]

I’ve used plenty of comealongs but never in an off-road scenario. I’ve been in plenty of situations where traction boards didn’t cut it, or for example in a crossing where they just wouldn’t be ideal. Winch has always been the all around option for me. To me, boards have only been useful in “ramp” building on a very quick obstacle where setting up the winch pull would’ve taken 20 min longer than just dropping a couple boards down. I know they’re amazing for sand, but I’ve never offroaded sand so can’t really attest to that.
So for me, boards are only useful on very quick things but 90% of the time I fell on using a winch.