Date:         Thu, 26 May 2011 12:20:45 -0500
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Place to mount shackles?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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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........

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David McNeely