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Zak
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 01:27 pm: | 
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I have a stock D1, and would like to know what I should add to do to get more recovery points.
Last week we were at Island Beach State Park in Jersey, and we were cruisin' in the sand, we just returned to the paved road and a suburban gets itself stuck about 2 feet after entering the sand beach entrance. I wish i had a tow rope or strap, as i would have loved to tow the punk out. Anyway, even if i did have a strap, where are the reocvery points, or what should i add to my truck to provide better ones.
Thanks again,
Zak |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 01:33 pm: |
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Zak, for the rear you can simply use one of those crossbars (I use a locking one that I keep in the receiver) that secures a hitch in your receiver. Remove it, insert the loop of your recovery strap into the receiver, and reinstall the crossbar. Very simple and effective. Not as easy for the front. |
Douglas Jones (Ozaukeedoug)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 01:59 pm: |
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I wouldn't recommend Greg's method for anything but straight pulls in an emergency. The chances of the strap being cut by the sides of the hitch receiver is too risky for me. I know it works and many do it, but I don't like it.
For the rear, get a receiver shackle bracket like this one:
For the front, JATE rings. |
Zak
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 02:03 pm: |
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Doug,
Where can i order a shackle and JATE rings? |
DaveB
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 02:22 pm: |
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Zak,
JATE rings are a great way to go for front recovery points if you are not up to heavy front end modifications like a new bumper.
JATE rings are big "U" shaped ring that bolt across the frame and utillize the lower bumper mount bolts as an attachment point.
The only extra thing you will need is two grade 5 bolts that are 1" (a 5/8 x 5-1/4" grade 5 bolt should do the job)longer then the existing bolt that hold the bumper on now. You will also remove the factory tie down loop that's on the front.
The Land Rover part number for the JATE ring is: RRC-3237. I got two for my D1 through Discount Rovers (about $38 each at the time). You can also get them from Rover's North, but I think they are more expensive there.
That's about all I know- The JATE rings have worked out will on my D1 so far. I used them to pull out a National Park Service Dodge Durrango that a ranger got stuck on the back side on Mengle Pass in Death Valley last spring.... One of these days I'll have to post the video my girlfriend shot of the event.
Dave |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 02:27 pm: |
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Dave, good point about the chaffing. |
Anon
| | Posted on Thursday, July 04, 2002 - 02:40 am: |
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People wonder why discovery owners are assholes maybe it because we call them punks! |
Zak
| | Posted on Thursday, July 04, 2002 - 09:42 am: |
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Anon,
If you had seen the suburban driver, you would have called him a punk as well!! |
hendrik
| | Posted on Thursday, July 04, 2002 - 10:45 am: |
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Heavy pulling in reverse gear can do harm to the gearbox internals. Depends on the gearbox, maybe (thinking of manual gearboxes). But the SIII f.i. can easily be damaged that way (ok, not a box that takes big loads easy even in forward gears. But may count for other design too).
[I have to admit that this is just a hypothesis from a non-professional. Someone with fundamental engineering knowledge please put me correct]
cheers, Hendrik |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Friday, July 05, 2002 - 12:16 am: |
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I really hate the hitch pin in the receiver method too. I've bent two of those pins trying to recover a Dodge 1500 pickup. They bend in the middle when you go to give someone a good tug. Spend a little more an get the shackle bracket for your rear receiver.
Thanks,
Mike B. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Friday, July 05, 2002 - 12:26 am: |
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Zak, I have to say this since you didn't already have a strap while driving on the sand. When you try and pull someone else out make sure you can get yourself out should you get stuck too. Air down plenty and carry a shovel and a jack with a 18x18" board to keep the jack from getting burried in the sand. Every time I go to the Outer Banks in NC I feel like I pull at least one person who's just not in a situation to be on the sand. There are places there where the sand is fine for ANY car but in the soft stuff it's real easy to get axle deep even if you're not trying to pull another two ton vehicle out. |
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