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The powder coating on The Cruiser Company front bumper seems to have held up well. I thought I scraped a decent amount of it off but after a wash at home it's mostly just scuffs.
It didn't flake off like poorly powder coated things to. Only spots down to bare metal are the sharp corners of the recovery points. I think it would be pretty unrealistic to expect any coating to have survived there.
It didn't flake off like poorly powder coated things to. Only spots down to bare metal are the sharp corners of the recovery points. I think it would be pretty unrealistic to expect any coating to have survived there.
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The sliders and rear bumper took more hits so not apples to apples, but I think it's fair to say my rattle can job has pretty poor adhesion to the metal. Need to figure out how to get better adhesion if I ever fully repaint these
For now a I'll hit these with a quick couple coats to stave off winter rust.
Good enough.
For now a I'll hit these with a quick couple coats to stave off winter rust.
Good enough.
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I used this Yankum Ropes video on how to tie a locking Brummel to cut off the winch hook and replace it with just a loop in the end of the winch line.
I would suggest doing a longer bury in the rope than shown in their video as all of the strength of this "knot" comes from the finger trap effect of the outer layer of rope tightening around the inner buried rope. I also did a much more significant taper of the end of the line as this is a common failure point.
This Facor 55 fid makes this job and future repairs a breeze but a pen tube also works just fine in a pinch.
If you still have hard parts in your recovery gear I highly encourage you to consider eliminating as much of it as possible. Soft shackles and synthetic line are easier to work with, lighter, just as strong, safer, and far easier to repair on the trail. The only hard part that remains in my recovery gear is the Badlands snatch block as I don't know of any replacement for it at this time.
I would suggest doing a longer bury in the rope than shown in their video as all of the strength of this "knot" comes from the finger trap effect of the outer layer of rope tightening around the inner buried rope. I also did a much more significant taper of the end of the line as this is a common failure point.
This Facor 55 fid makes this job and future repairs a breeze but a pen tube also works just fine in a pinch.
If you still have hard parts in your recovery gear I highly encourage you to consider eliminating as much of it as possible. Soft shackles and synthetic line are easier to work with, lighter, just as strong, safer, and far easier to repair on the trail. The only hard part that remains in my recovery gear is the Badlands snatch block as I don't know of any replacement for it at this time.
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