maybe some ideas here?

http://www.expeditionexchange.com/backingplates/

alistair

On 26-May-11, at 7:44 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Yep yep yep, makes sense to me.
>
> Following along with the idea of drilling down through the front
> bumper, the body, then out the bottom bumper to mount a shackle a la
> Gary Lee's winch mounting scheme, I have been looking for shackle
> mounting blocks or plates. While strong shackles can be got for not
> much money, the mounting blocks/plates I've found so far have been
> quite spendy.
>
> This is moving away from Vanagon stuff, but does anyone know of
> affordable decent mounting blocks?
>
> --
> RJS
>
> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 07:23 -0700, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>
>> 2 reasons to add another hook
>>
>> 1. existing loop squashed or deformed. (mine is flattened a bit) and
>> therefore you don't trust it. I haven't gone out of my way to "Go and
>> try to break it", but it sure ain't pristine.
>>
>> 2. situations where you can only pull from, or access the side
>> opposite the stock loop.
>>
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 25-May-11, at 10:43 PM, miguel pacheco wrote:
>>
>> > Back to reality.....Mr Squirrel has made it pretty clear just how
>> > aggressive he intends to get. Clearly that 'sheet metal' is
>> adequate
>> > for his needs. I can safely guess that most of the people on this
>> > list will find that front loop more than adequate. I don't know
>> just
>> > where I might fall into a 'study group,' if one ever was created,
>> > but I can safely state, judging by this conversation, that I've
>> > tested this little loop more than enough to have a damned good
>> > opinion of what it can do. I've used it and never wondered what
>> it's
>> > limitations were. I've just put it to work and it has never failed.
>> > Not like a damned fool, tearing away, shocking the works and so on.
>> > That's how you break anything. In any case, I've pulled many
>> > embarrassed 3/4 ton pick em up trucks out of the snow banks, with
>> my
>> > little old Syncro, over the last 25 yrs in Colorado....with that
>> > little loop in the front. So here is my science. Go and try to
>> break
>> > it........I have.
>> > Miguel
>> >
>> > Controversial, revolutionary signature line removed as
>> > requested........
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >