I'd rather just use skill and not break anything if possible.

I've been on trail runs where someone broke something like that being stupid (not purely by accident).... sure, we got him outta there. But you know what else it did? It ruined the day.

Granted things are bound to break while offroading... it's part of the sport. But when you haphazardly attack an obstacle without care if you break something or not, well, that's kind of lame IMO.