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I note your decision to buy a KERR. Before you do I suggest you go onto
www.goodwinch.com
. The guy who runs it, David Bowyer ,co-operated with Marlow ropes and the British Army to develop the KERR and the information in the web will be useful. The standard size for a KERR is 24 mm diameter but as you are using a Jimny then I would suggest 18mm but you may not get a made up rope in that dia. so either buy a length of 8 strand nylon rope -this is what KERR is made up from- and get the seller to splice the ends or email Goodwinch to see if they can make you one. Either way a sleeve protector is a good idea.
I'm no authority on this subject but i have read a tow bar is a NO NO as a recovery point, but as you are on private land you can do what you want. will you have to inform your insurance?
On private land anything you do is on your own head. Tow bars for recovery It's similar to the 85% vehicle mass as maximum towing weight proposed by the caravan club. It's "advice" proffered to the masses as truth that has no foundation in law.
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Last edit: 31 Aug 2020 17:14 by Lambert. Reason: clarity
A serious question, based on a total lack of real knowledge on the subject...
I've read before about recovery with the ball of a tow bar being dangerous... I equally understand that people then replace the tow ball with some sort of tow hitch and use that for recovery... My question though is... Why not just securely and safely attach / loop the tow rope around some suitable part of the tow bar (other than the ball), where it can't slip off and recover GENTLY by that method?... It seems to me that its all about attaching the tow rope securely and not snatching someone too aggressively... surely if the tow bar itself is securely attached to the vehicle being used for recovery then it is the same load on the said vehicle, irrelevant of how the tow rope is attached to the tow bar?... or am I missing something more obvious?
As I said my question isn't based on any experience or knowledge of the subject, just a bit of logic, so please don't berate me for asking what may be a stupid question to those who know more about the subject then me!
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