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- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Morganton NC
Here's the second group I ran into yesterday.
Battery/Winch Questions
- Thread starter ponykilr
- Start date
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- Mar 13, 2005
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
Nobody has chains....?
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Morganton NC
We did, but none of them did. Also, that hill they got stuck on and drove the ditch down, I had to show off a bit. I put it in low range, 1st gear, and idled down the center. Tires had 30 PSI in them. Knock off Cooper style AT's. A few months ago I replaced the axles in this Jeep. He went from a 3.07:1 ratio to a 4.10:1 ratio. Difference is like night and day.
Old NC105 is the dirt road right? Gonna check that out soon.
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- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Morganton NC
YEs sir it is dirt, except for about 40-50' section that was paved because it was too steep to old gravel on it.
OK gentlemen, an update and a few more questions.
The battery is in
I saved about 12 bucks due to the commercial discount. It is very nice having the threaded studs for the winch and light relay connections.
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While I was out there, I decided to do something about the winch rope being attached to the side of the drum by a bolt through a lug end arrangement. I saw the rope jump over that screw while winching from the right and I don’t like that setup.
I removed the rope.
I saw a little thing Bubba Rope makes called the Rope Grabber and I ordered it. I saw however that lots of people use duct tape and some various different first wraps to start the rope as well. Apparently the first wraps are what holds the rope from spinning and some tape works Fine too?
Amazon product ASIN B0743DR428
How do y’all do it?
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The battery is in
I saved about 12 bucks due to the commercial discount. It is very nice having the threaded studs for the winch and light relay connections.————
While I was out there, I decided to do something about the winch rope being attached to the side of the drum by a bolt through a lug end arrangement. I saw the rope jump over that screw while winching from the right and I don’t like that setup.
I removed the rope.
I saw a little thing Bubba Rope makes called the Rope Grabber and I ordered it. I saw however that lots of people use duct tape and some various different first wraps to start the rope as well. Apparently the first wraps are what holds the rope from spinning and some tape works Fine too?
Amazon product ASIN B0743DR428
How do y’all do it?
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- Joined
- Mar 13, 2005
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
Doesn't really matter, You just need something to hold it in place until you get ~4 wraps on the drum.
Yup.
Ok, I used a method with Gorilla Tape I found on Pirate. Worked like a charm. I used the F250 as my weight, pulling up the drive to the shop.
I’ll save the Bubba thing in the glove box.
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The battery is night and day. I pulled most of the way without stopping. When I put the smart charger on it, it still held 90% reserve. I left the charger on it a couple of hours and it went to float.
Up for O’Reilly Marine AGM.
I’ll save the Bubba thing in the glove box.
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The battery is night and day. I pulled most of the way without stopping. When I put the smart charger on it, it still held 90% reserve. I left the charger on it a couple of hours and it went to float.
Up for O’Reilly Marine AGM.