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Discovery 1 - what recovery gear.........
Range Rover Blues:
Thanks mate :D
BTW, I've got JATE rings fitted over my steering guard.
I'd also echo the comments about kinetic recovery, but I'd add that to use a kinetic rope effectively you don't have to set off like you stole the thing. I kinetic is just a means of storing energy and I often use one to satop the annoying jolts that towing over any distance can otherwise cause.
If you are towing another vehicle for any distance then a staic rope could cause the towed vehicle to bring you to a complete halt, leaving you both stuck. A kinets on the other hand never goes suddenly slack, giving a more even/smoother pull.
Bit of a sod to clean though :lol:
Disco Matt:
It may just be the JATE rings I bought weren't wide enough - I bought a pair of the standard £15 ones from Paddock that are wide enough to go over the chassis rail but won't go over the extra 5mm or so thickness of the steering guard bracket. Does anyone know where I can get some wider ones?
Edit, the ones I have are 9cm between the sideplates, 9.5 or 10cm would do it.
Range Rover Blues:
Yes, in your garage, next to the vice and BFhammer ;)
I did buy some that were 5mm wider form somewhere, but they were the forged ones and 5mm wasn't enough. I bought the Discoparts ones that are fabricated and bent them to fit. I actualy bent them using the holes in my steering guard, but it did leave little burs on them.
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on January 23, 2008, 14:21:43 ---Yes, in your garage, next to the vice and BFhammer ;)
I did buy some that were 5mm wider form somewhere, but they were the forged ones and 5mm wasn't enough. I bought the Discoparts ones that are fabricated and bent them to fit. I actualy bent them using the holes in my steering guard, but it did leave little burs on them.
--- End quote ---
Ah, fair enough - thought bending them was a no-no but if it's acceptable I'll take them out and give them a whack! Just need to find some longer high-tensile bolts now.
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