| Author | Message | ||
     joshua Frances (Joshua) Member Username: Joshua Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2002 |
Short of drilling some eye bolts into the brushbar, what can i use? I figure someone has fabbed something up | ||
| Ron Brown (Ron) Member Username: Ron Post Number: 90 Registered: 04-2001 |
The little conduit holder things work, or of course weld them on. Ron | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1055 Registered: 02-2002 |
Gee, I guess I was doing it wrong by just wrapping the cable around the bar and clamping it. | ||
| joshua Frances (Joshua) Member Username: Joshua Post Number: 108 Registered: 10-2002 |
rite, you were doing it wrong. Now you have to get some tools out and un-clamp it when you want to remove them. If there are eylets, its a simple as just unhooking the end | ||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 220 Registered: 11-2002 |
I also used the conduit holder. | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 518 Registered: 02-2002 |
Have you seen the write-up in the tech section? | ||
| Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Senior Member Username: Muddyrover Post Number: 682 Registered: 02-2002 |
i drilled holes through my bbar and put the eye hooks. works like a charm, | ||
| R. B. Bailey (Rover50987) Senior Member Username: Rover50987 Post Number: 298 Registered: 07-2002 |
conduit holder? What is that? Anyway, I just wrapped them around like a lasso, then use a turn buckle at the top in the middle to get them tight. The photos I have are not detailed, but they do show it... http://landrover.mrbaileyshistory.net | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1056 Registered: 02-2002 |
No, I don't have to unbolt or unclamp anything, I used carabiners. | ||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 225 Registered: 11-2002 |
Carabiners over your bull bar? | ||
| Richard Grayson III (Skaramunga) New Member Username: Skaramunga Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2003 |
i bought all my limbriser junk @ home depot. to connect the cables to the brushbar i used another cable about a foot long, folded the 2 ends down 4 inches or so, then clamped them with the little alum. clamps. this makes a small 2 loop cable(on each end). depending on the brushbar you have (i have the genuine wrap-around style bar). you can then wrap the small cable around the side of the brushbar nearest the signal lights. I also bought some plastic tubing which covered the sharp ends and clamps because it will bounce into the paint. lastly you can make a final loop on the cable going to the roof rack. then a simple clamp will connect the 2.(caribeaner which i cant spell) dont forget that on the roof rack you must have one of those tightener things. man this is confusing as hell for me to read, email me if you want a picture. some roverdude sent me them and it really clears it up, plus it only cost like $25 versus the $250 for the real ones. | ||
| Rans (Rans) Senior Member Username: Rans Post Number: 356 Registered: 08-2002 |
I had John at Rovertym weld tabs on when I ordered the bar.....looks great!! | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 177 Registered: 10-2002 |
same as rans but john did but mine on a weee bit towards the inside so that there will be no hood opening with them attached. no big deal though, it's a really solid setup for the risers and i don't have them on all the time anyways. | ||
| Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 309 Registered: 02-2002 |
I have two cables for each limb riser, one that is compression-sleeved capturing the bullbar, about ten inches long and has half of the turnbuckle mounted permanently in-line (marine-style stainless turnbuckles).  The top half, about five feet long is compression-sleeved capturing the leading edge of the roof-rack and has the remaining parts of the turnbuckle in-line.  When not in use, the bumper element is tied-off with trick-line (soft 1/8" black rope) to the bumper so it doesn't rattle around and break my headlights. The roof-rack section is coiled up, and zip-tied to the expanded flooring of the rack. I have only one connection to make - at the turnbuckle when I want the risers in place. Pictures maybe... Cheers, e | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2003 |
I have a D2 without a roof rack, but i have a brush bar. How could I put limb risers on without a roof rack? I was thinking maybe just attach them to the roof rails but they might be hitting the paint. | ||
| RJ Clayton (Tozovr) Senior Member Username: Tozovr Post Number: 314 Registered: 09-2002 |
Pete, if you needed brush risers then you wouldn't worry about your paint LOL! | ||
| Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 310 Registered: 02-2002 |
Pete, I second RJ's observation - limb risers will do just about nothing to save your paint from trailside scratches. If you're in a position where these things will be used at all, you'll have scratches down the side of your truck from front to back! e | ||
| RJ Clayton (Tozovr) Senior Member Username: Tozovr Post Number: 315 Registered: 09-2002 |
Could Have used them here.... At the Maine Winter Romp we all made it down this trail....my XJ, Jesse Ware's HUGE D110 and Peter Vollers BIG BIG Rangie...Limb Risers would have been a huge boon...you can see in the Pic that Jason's 109" was JUST Narrow enough to squeek through. I have huge sections of scuffs and it looks like someone combed my truck with a rake LOL!! | ||
| Pete Stefano (Pete_s) New Member Username: Pete_s Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2003 |
Well yeah I know, but it won't be a constant scratching. I have those already up and down my truck. LOL!!! What I mean is the roof right in front of the roof rails. Where the windshield meets the roof panel. In that area is what I mean. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1240 Registered: 02-2002 |
I am going with Limb Risers when I pick the new bumper. I could have used them at Killington and especially on that AOA trip. However, during the AOA trip, the roof rack of The Pig pulled a very large, hanging, half frozen tree vine down. It landed behind me on CVC's D-90. I don't think Limb Risers would have helped me or Chirs in that situation.  Paul | ||
| Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 311 Registered: 02-2002 |
My experience is that they prevent damage to (or the outright removal of) your roof-rack itself. Also rather useful at keeping larger branches from contacting the hood and windshield. My hood is as pristine as the day I bought it, save for the occassional stone-chip from highway driving. That said, even with limb-risers, I have a pronounced rake-effect down the sides of my Disco from the [delightfully thorny] sagebrush in the hills above Anza Borrego. e | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) New Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2003 |
Unfortunatly when I needed the risers I probqably wouldn't have been using them anyway. One afternoon after while driving into town after a string of storms, I came around a corner on a paved mountain road, and a tree limb was hanging just low enough to snatch my radio antenna. Fortunatly that was all. Since then I have been looking in Marine Chandleries at various fittings that hold things onto lifeline stancions on sailboats. Infact lifeline cable and the related fittings seem to be a good (though not cheap) way to attach them. Just my armchair opinion for now though. -Reed | ||
| Chris von Czoernig (Chrisvonc) Senior Member Username: Chrisvonc Post Number: 1042 Registered: 07-2002 |
Erik's descriptions got it. Limb risers are only useful for lifting branches up and over the windshield and depending on your upper mounting point may also serve to add a little protection to lights on the roof rack. Thats about it for them other than hanging towels on. They wont do a thing for helping the sides. Chris von C. | ||
| RJ Clayton (Tozovr) Senior Member Username: Tozovr Post Number: 316 Registered: 09-2002 |
But if you have a snorkel, they bring a new margin of value...as long as they rin higher than the snorkel! RJ | ||
| Neal Glessner (Nealg) Senior Member Username: Nealg Post Number: 578 Registered: 02-2002 |
What about using those rings that bolt together like the ones Kyle uses for his li-lift mounts. Mark are you out there? Can you show a pic of your setup? |
