About Us

Catchbags.co.uk is a new trading name of McAllisters Recovery Ltd a vehicle recovery company based in Aldershot, Hampshire. With over 35 years experience in the vehicle recovery industry McAllisters were in the market to replace their air cushions in 2009. Whilst looking at the market place they decided to purchase the superior total recovery package and imported it through SC Inflatables into the UK from Holland.

Following this purchase and the use of the equipment in several live incidents, we realised the products superior quality and huge potential and from the early part of the year we became UK distributors for the SC Inflatables products and www.catchbags.co.uk was born!

About SC Inflatables:
SC Inflatables is the sales company, which markets recovery and low pressure lifting systems. The majority of these systems are distributed to towing companies all over Europe, and serve to lift and recover rolled-over trucks, tankers and freezer-trucks. SC Inflatables has become the market leader of these products, most of all due to the excellent quality, service, demonstrations, training and product support. Selling lifting bags does not mean a one-time occasion, but often the beginning of a long-lasting business relation. We are also present at all major tow-shows in Europe, knowing the towing business is a vital ingredient in our own recovery activities.

Production: After evaluating the market potential, we decided to create a close business relationship with Buitink Technologies in Duiven, Holland, who now builds all our lifting bags. We had concluded that none of the road recovery bags, or the aircraft lift bags available, could meet our requirements. We wanted to produce bags and systems, which are modular, easy to use, relatively light and interchangeable for various kinds of jobs. Today, our aircraft lift bag is a bigger brother of the trapezium lift bag, used for road recovery. And if needed, the bags could serve each other’s purpose. Further, the system is fully interchangeable, which is important if we are being requested to assist anywhere in Europe or beyond. We often have backups in the vicinity of the accident by operators of our lifting bags, who use our distribution, our hoses with the same connection and our air pumps. Needless to say the added value of this method.