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IC1993

rescue damage??
« on: June 26, 2007, 12:11:44 AM »
Last Sunday on a free ride day I helped a stuck SJ out of a mud hole, no problem I got him out but I had to tug on the sling. My samurai jurked badly as the tension went on the sling wrapped to my toe hitch. How bad is this on my samurai?
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Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2007, 06:20:36 AM »
Should be OK, those little trucks are quite strong really. I had an SJ snatch recovery my Vit when it was sunk in sand. The guy really went for it several times but it got me out.
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Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2007, 01:20:57 PM »
One thing to look out for is your rear springs warping after a few heavy tugs.  Without a traction bar you can S-Curve your rear springs after a while of being used as a tow rig.

Then again, I was pulling a Sammy through about 15 miles of silt...  :P
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Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2007, 08:19:23 PM »
The stock tow hitch on the back will bend real easy if you use it like that, so your sammie should be ok if you did not bend it out the back of the rig, the clutch would be the first to go but you would smell it if you got it too hot. the hoop on the front will tear off of the bar on the front of the frame easy also so you need to find a stonger attachment point for pulling rigs out.
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IC1993

Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2007, 01:07:02 AM »
I had a look for swisting and it all seems straight. Cheers.
Have a look at the conditions: http://www.anvt.nl/ go to "fotoverslag", "2007", "06-2007".
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2007, 12:10:47 PM »
Well that link is now on my favorite list.  ;)
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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2007, 02:02:21 PM »
And it's on everybodies christmas list to be a member!! ;)
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Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2007, 04:19:02 AM »
Quote from: mrfuelish on June 26, 2007, 08:19:23 PM
The stock tow hitch on the back will bend real easy if you use it like that, so your sammie should be ok if you did not bend it out the back of the rig, the clutch would be the first to go but you would smell it if you got it too hot.

I may have misunderstood. Over here we call that a tow hoop or recovery hoop. A tow hitch is something that you tow stuff with, like a receiver? I would be wary about using the tow hoop for snatch recovery. IIRC its only bolted on with one or two bolts. They can fly a long way if they come off.
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IC1993

Re: rescue damage??
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2007, 06:19:51 AM »
If the tow hitch is out of the question, where then is a good spot?
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2007, 11:37:49 AM »
I took my hitch off and bolted a couple of pieces of say 3"x3" by 7" long angle iron with a 3/4" hole on one end for a clevis pin and then drilled two half inch or so holes on the other end to match up with the two frame holes on each side, then get a couple of longer bolts and put your hitch back on if you need it sandwiching the two pieces of angle iron on it one on each side with about two or more inches of the angle iron sticking out past your bumper with the 3/4" holes in them, I had to use a 1/2" thick spacer on top of my angle iron (between the iron and the frame) to keep them from hitting the bottom of the bumper and then I welded the spacers to the frame where the hitch used to bolt up with two holes in the spacers for the bolts to go through, you could just take a hammer to the bottom of the bumper but mine was in great shape so I used the spacers. I then welded a class three hitch to the angle iron.
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