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29 Aug 2020 14:52 #227492 by Lambert
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Whatcha. I have been watching YouTube and the Americans with their 2 inch receiver hitces for which they have fittings that allow for a shackle. My tow bar is demountable with the coupling holder bolted to the actual bar. I'm thinking of having a lump of solid bar with a suitable hole for a big shackle that I can swap in if I'm intending to go play. It would have the benefits of being higher than the tow bar coupling and being solid and bolted in is unlikely to be the weakest link. Does this sound logical?

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29 Aug 2020 15:02 #227493 by CC Baxter
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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationThere is a variety of these on the market, the UK seems to frown on them (I'd have one).

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29 Aug 2020 15:20 #227494 by jackonlyjack
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I now have a front receiver and thinking up one for the rear
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29 Aug 2020 16:01 #227498 by Lambert
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CC Baxter wrote: There is a variety of these on the market, the UK seems to frown on them (I'd have one).

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That's the thing but mine would have to be smaller to fit in between the welded flanges on my towbar.

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29 Aug 2020 16:23 #227501 by Roger Fairclough
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I have a Suzuki tow bracket which is fitted with a removable swan neck. I have junked the swan neck and it's fixing plate and fitted this. It combines a 50mm ball plus the holes are to take the bolts for my bike rack.Roger

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29 Aug 2020 16:52 #227506 by Roger Fairclough
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Suddenly realised that I had not actually answered the question. A tow bracket is not designed to take shock loads as generated in exuberant snatch recoveries, so the policy is that a bridle rope is attached in some way directly to the chassis rails so that the energy in the recovery is dissipated throughout the chassis.

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29 Aug 2020 17:00 #227507 by Lambert
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That looks good for the departure angle, though I thought that towbars had to be type approved? But yeah mine is slightly different but the idea is the same a steel block bolted between the flanges with a big hole for a shackle.

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29 Aug 2020 17:09 #227508 by Lambert
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As for shock loading that's why I'm not the owner of a snatch strap. Kerr is the way, less violent on the recovered vehicle.

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29 Aug 2020 17:33 #227510 by jackonlyjack
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The trick is when you're first stuck (recover at this stage)
Don't keep trying to get out,you just dig in more
Needing silly amounts of force to get you out ;)
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29 Aug 2020 17:37 #227511 by Lambert
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Experience is everything. It also helps if you have a tractor! :laugh:

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29 Aug 2020 18:38 #227512 by Roger Fairclough
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A KERR can be lethal if the recovery points are weak. Never use one on a tow ball as the forces involved can rip the mountings apart. The British Army only use KERR between armoured vehicles. Each rope is tagged and only used 6 times and then destroyed. They never use them on Land-rovers. I saw the rear crossmember (yes it was corroded) on a series Land-Rover ripped from the chassis rails and slammed into the back door of the Range Rover that was doing the pulling. Re-read what jackonlyjack has to say above.
Use of a KERR is taken to lightly. One guy died when the tow ball was ripped off the back of a motor and went through the back window of his motor and hit him in the back of his head.

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29 Aug 2020 18:52 #227513 by Lambert
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Or the exact opposite.


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