

| Subject: | Re: Place to mount shackles? |
| From: | Dave Mcneely |
| Date: | Thu, 26 May 2011 12:20:45 -0500 |
So, should I look into finding a way to put a loop back where mine was evidently removed? Or maybe doing so, but placing it center rather than to the side? I venture a bit with my camper, at times. mcneely ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Thanks for sharing your experience, Miguel. I'll now go back to my > original plan of just using the front and rear loops should I get stuck > again. > > But if life teaches me anything it's that once I have am prepared with > items like a Hi-Lift jack, the Hi-Lift Offroad Recovery Kit, some chain, > maybe an expensive Pull-Pal,* and some practice using those things, it's > that I will never get stuck again. > > ============ > * Because two out of the three places I got stuck last year did not have > trees or boulders nearby. Not even close. > > -- RJS > (MY controversial sig line stays on a shelf in the shed beside Kenny's > little creatures on display.) > > On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 23:43 -0600, 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........ -- David McNeely
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