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Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 08:33 pm: | 
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on the hollister hills pics the gold rover has
2 d rings on the front they look like they are in the holes that are on the brush bar
is that a good idea?
what are some thoughts on that because it looks like an easy recovery point |
Craig Kobayashi (Koby)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 09:01 pm: |
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That's my Disco.
It's a recovery point, bottom line. It's not a good recovery point, and I wouldn't trust it for any more than getting gently pulled out of a situation.
For anything that requires yanking I would try to find something else.
That being said, it worked well the one time I needed to be pulled out. The rest of the time I defer to common sense and keep myself and my Disco out of trouble by avoiding trailes that are simply beyond the capabilities of my truck in its current configuration. |
Craig Kobayashi (Koby)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 09:13 pm: |
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And thanks for reminding me that I need to take those off!  |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 10:51 pm: |
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oh no i liked them well how they looked anyway
i wish your answer was "yah you can drag your rover from a helicopter with those" or something like that then i'da tried it
back to trying to get some for my frame
simple things never work i don't guess
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Craig Kobayashi (Koby)
| | Posted on Friday, June 07, 2002 - 05:36 pm: |
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Well, they held up well under a winch situation at Cow Mountain. You can see pics of how I set up my tos-strap here
I wouldn't hang it from a helo (LOL) but I trust it in non-yanking situations. I suspect with any good yanking the brush bar would pivot up into my hood, as the brush bar mounting points are lower than the frame horns. |
F.J. (Rovercon)
| | Posted on Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 05:06 pm: |
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I added a second tow hook to my disco (same as the original tow hook that comes with the Disco). These hooks are held onto the frame by 5/8" bolts. Doesn anyone know if these hooks are strong enough to be used for a recovery point?
I was also trying to add a couple of D-Rings to use the tow strap with it. I was thinking of buying the ones with 5/8" ones -- overkill? 1/2" good enough?
BTW, this is a '96 Disco. |
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