Posted in adventure on Apr 16th, 2012 No Comments »
It was a nice trip out to Beckler. The weather did cooperate fairly well though it got pretty cold at night, but I was more comfortable than usual as on this trip as I threw a cot in the jeep and got to sleep up off the ground. Not exactly “roughing it ” but oh [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 16th, 2012 5 Comments »
Well, the weather was certainly cooperating this weekend, doubly so since I look outside right now and it’s raining. JG and I headed up to Beckler. One of the things I wanted to do is see if I could get into this other set of roads that looks like it’s west on the other side [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 11th, 2012 No Comments »
The problem was with the remote pins not making good contact, sorted enough by spacing the spins a little and probably (moreso) adding some di-electric grease. Probably a good idea anyways because the way the socket is on the winch, it can trap a little water. Now it becomes a game to see if Superwinch [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Finally found some time to put the winch on. Some observations. Despite what different people have said on the Internet, the superwinch does fit in the Rugged Ridge HD bumper, so it does appear they have change the pattern of the cut-out to fit the larger size. The winch does line up properly using the [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 11th, 2012 2 Comments »
So after several months of research and agonizing I’ve charted a course for upgrading Hanna. This process has resulted in a list of assumptions and conclusions about the JK: The JK is *not* the TJ and the rules are much different. I should take my own advice and protect the tub since that’s the one [...]
Posted in adventure on Dec 10th, 2011 1 Comment »
Headed up HWY2 to the Beckler Rd area to do a little “winch training” for Victoria, who wanted to improve her skills. I had left a MagPul magazine up there the weekend before so I figured why not go back and see if it was still there. Unfortunately someone had come and chainsawed up the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I don’t think I got around to mentioning it, but of course the synthetic line I had ordered did show up, and of course, I did install it. I haven’t gotten to use it yet but so far I am really happy with the thimble design instead of the hook. It seems to provide a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009 No Comments »
After OFR which was the second trip I’ve tried to use steel cable, I went ahead and ordered new synthetic line. In retrospect it was the right decision to throw the brand-new, unused steel rope away when I got my first winch, and I should have done it this time too. The steel line is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
And here are the winch install photos I promised. Flickr solves all woes.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2009 No Comments »
The superwinch went on easily, the job was a bit (but not a lot) easier than doing it on the Discovery with the ARB bumper. It was primarily easier because it basically just sits on a flat piece of sheet steep on the top of the existing bumper/frame combination. All this is “temporary” until my [...]