MARYLAND TACOMAS

Also thought about that

 

i dont even leave my hitch receiver shackle in, knowing my luck someone would take it and try to sell it on craigslist

 

I even zip tied my toyota rubber hitch plug in so someone can't take it as easily.

 

mine has some loc tite on it so you need pliers or a wrench to pull it

 

Good stuff i have a few from southeast overland that i use just abotu every trip.

that's not really how they work.....

they are not meant to replace steel shackles all together, but rather just be a substitute where a steel one will not work. i use mine when i need to winch myself or someone else sideways, from a slider or tube bumper, where the opening in a standard shackle will not fit over. these prevent the need to loop a strap around something, with a "choker", which lessens the strength of the strap.

i know you can't actually see it, but there is a soft shackle attaching the come-along to the wing of my rear bumper. this prevents the dangerous situations you get into when severely side loading a rearward facing shackle and shackle point on the bumper.



they also work great if you have two ends of a strap that need to be attached, but they don't quite fit into a shackle.

 

Oh i c

 

YES! They fit in the front end recovery point. They only need a 5/16' hole

 

this isn't my picture, but here's a good example of where to use it. a standard 3/4'' shackle will not fit around a slider.




another use would be for winching anchor points that are embeed into rock. great recovery points, but you can't fit a standard shackle around it.

 

I have a 2011 bumper I would sell if gray would work for ya. Can always repaint.

 

Looks like you just answered your own question, Justin

it can be hard to get undone. that is a choker style attachment, meaning that you have to lessen the strength of the strap (i forget the percentage). and if you are going to do a shoker with a strap, the proper way to do t is to link it to itself with a shackle, not by running it through it's own eye.

also you are left with a long strap tail, so if you are in a tight spot and the winching truck is only 15 feet away, you're in trouble if all you have is a 20 or 30 ft strap.

 

i think those pictures are from Moab. typically used in places where there are no trees or other available winch points, and where the surface is too hard to use a typical style ground anchor.

 

you only had one slider?

 

bah, ditch the softie....MOAR RC PARTZ!!!!!!

 

Thank you, i'll keep it in mind. I'd rather just replace it with what you replaced yours with if you get what i mean

 

Nor had i.

A soft top?! Oh well...still better than a cap.

 

Cool! I saw one for sale in Delaware, was it that one?!

Edit: just saw you said its from Newark lol

 

Got my seat covers today!!!

 

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