By reagle on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 08:24 am: Edit

Where can I buy DIXON BATE TOW JAWS?

I would like to buy these for my LR's

ryan

By danno on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 08:42 am: Edit

rover accessories, Rovers north

By reagle on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 08:45 am: Edit

appreciate the help danno!

ryan

By Moe on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 04:58 pm: Edit

How about one of these for about the same price

By Moe on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 05:01 pm: Edit

The 46014 cost $64 and can hold ~ 5000lb

http://www.gromax-usa.com/supplies/ring/hoistring.htm

By Ed H on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 07:53 pm: Edit

How about this one? $50.00 4.5 tones

By Mike B. on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 08:40 pm: Edit

Ed H. and Moe:

Where do you get those?

Thanks,
Mike B.

By Ed H on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 11:15 pm: Edit

Mike B,

Go to http://www.afm4x4.com/ and here is the detail:

Recovery Shackles
Cadmium plated, stress relieved, machined steel forging, anchored by a massive 1” bolt, extending completely through the bumper to provide the utmost strength. Includes a genuine Crosby 4-3/4 ton rated shackle and locking clip to keep shackle stationary while not in use.
$54.99 each or $99.99 per pair

By lynden on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 12:27 pm: Edit

Stupid question, do you drill through your frame to mount those??? Where else can you mount them (besides an ARB).
Lynden

By Moe on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 07:35 pm: Edit

Stupid answer: go ahead and mount to frame!

Lynden, mount it to your ARB. When you drill the hole through your bumper make sure there is enough room to reinforce with a small piece of steel plate on the inside of the bumper. Welded in place would be best but not necessary.

Mike B, the other link is already posted above.

By Mike B. on Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 10:48 pm: Edit

Thanks for the info and the links.

Thanks,
Mike B.

By Tom P. on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 10:11 am: Edit

Ed H & All,

That single bolt shackle thing looks good, but I still favor the dixon bate since it has two bolts. It also has it's own pin, so you can attach your strap/bridle directly without a shackle.

I don't think that the single bolt is *bad*, but I think that two bolts with backing plates/washers can better distribute abuse to the bumper. If you mount them to an ARB (directly in front of the frame horns) you benefit from the ARB structural reinforcements as well.

Tom Proctor
96 Disco

By Chris Merritt (Smokinbro) on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 11:35 am: Edit

Single bolt isn't neccessarily bad on a straight pull. However, if you start pulling at an angle, the metal you bolt to could start to deform, 'pucker'.

If you use the single bolt assembly make a backer plate as described above to distribute to 'twisting' force along a larger chunk of the support metal.

By Ali on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 11:50 am: Edit

Are all of these units capable of being "snatched"? Forces generated during snatching can exceed 4 tons no? Especially when stuck in quagmire!

By Tom P. on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 02:21 pm: Edit

Ali,

The Dixon-Bate's I have are 3.5 tonne rated. There is also a higher rated one - 5 tonne I think. The 3.5t is the same as mounted to the front of the Camel Disco's, and the 5t is on the rear of the Camel Disco's.

I've used my DB for pull-recovery but not snatching via kinetic rope. If I do a kinetic recovery, I'll just put a bridle (tree strap) between the two 3.5t DB's.

Tom Proctor
96 Disco