Limb Savers…. Anyone Running These On. A Series 70 (1 Viewer)
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I had them on my 77 Series.
You have to have a tall bull bar and a roof rack that extends out to the edge of the windshield to pull it off. Look at the Camel Trophy trucks. Most commercial racks don’t seem to do this. They make a lot of sense if you’re punching through overgrown trails. I had them on my Disco back in the day…saw two different guys buy $1000 windshields for their Rovers thanks to branches. Originals were really heavy 1/4” galvanized wire with massive turnbuckles. They’re noisy, humming on the highway, and make little sense in open country.
probably pretty tricky with a raised air intake
I see them on two types of rigs:
- Those that are being taken through severely overgrown territory, and which are set up with the structural rack and bar configuration that's required to make limb risers safe and functional.
- Those that want to look like they're being taken through severely overgrown territory, and which are set up with things that visually resemble the structural rack and bar configuration that's required to make limb risers safe and functional.
@Sundowner ….. added #3
- Those that are being taken through severely overgrown territory, and which are set up with the structural rack and bar configuration that's required to make limb risers safe and functional.
- Those that want to look like they're being taken through severely overgrown territory, and which are set up with things that visually resemble the structural rack and bar configuration that's required to make limb risers safe and functional.
- For the average redneck in Southern Georgia, the limb risers also serve as an auxiliary clothes line to dry underwear and t-shirts.
My dude, that's what you use the military whip antenna for; like, what else do they even do? And you put the second one on the passenger side of the truck so Kaitlynn can dry all of her clothes at the same time without getting them mixed up with yours. Seriously bro, do you even wheel??
Short answer: yes, they would be better if you can remove them...mostly because they get in the way of working under the
You can make a QD version by using a Class 8 turnbuckle, which is a jaw and eye configuration. Crimp the line through the eye, and then bore out the threaded portion of the jaw's bolt-hole and replace the safety-wired bolt with a pin of some type; PTO pins work pretty well as long as they're not made of pure garbage. That's your low, hood-end connection; it's easy to reach with a
Personally, I've never had the need to run them. I don't drive in terrain of that sort, but if that changes, I'd consider them. Likewise, I'll install a pair if I get a Defender...but I don't think that's likely to happen because I prefer vehicles that don't spontaneously fall apart.
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I can't figure out if there are more sand ladders or photographers in that picture.
FJBen
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Clearly you don’t live in colorado or you would know that answer.
That is correct: I don't. Do they have lots of sand ladders, there?
FJBen
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Colorado starter pack for all the newbies:
Jeep wrangler, tacoma, 4Runner, Subaru
Required:
Lift
Tires
Sand ladders/max trax
Roto pax of fuel
Colorado stickers
Roof top tent
Yellow lights
Optional:
Hard shell fly fishing rod carrier on roof
High lift jack
Rarely seen:
Winch
Mud terrains
Mud
Dorkels are definitely required in this area of the world. Just think of all of the undeveloped, deep-water river fords that we have...and that famous wind-blown, Western Washington dust basically means that your engine is going to choke and die if you don't have a raised air intake. If only it would rain here once in awhile...
@Sundowner …. “Seriously bro, do you even wheel??”
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Outside of our local club activities and the annual 70 Series Meet & Greet, the answer would be NO.
I do however spend a lot of time in pursuit of defenseless critters during various hunting seasons.
As far as the accessories on the 77 Series, most were installed to advertise Odd Iron’s products
including…..
Custom roof rack.
Custom rear bumper.
The snorkel uses OddIron’s custom fender adapter for the 77 Series.
All of the interior / exterior LED products …. You guessed it, Odd Iron products.
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Outside of our local club activities and the annual 70 Series Meet & Greet, the answer would be NO.
I do however spend a lot of time in pursuit of defenseless critters during various hunting seasons.
As far as the accessories on the 77 Series, most were installed to advertise Odd Iron’s products
including…..
Custom roof rack.
Custom rear bumper.
The snorkel uses OddIron’s custom fender adapter for the 77 Series.
All of the interior / exterior LED products …. You guessed it, Odd Iron products.
FJBen
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That one is optional…however ignoring an icon of the off-road world, a 70 series next to you, is day one rules.
Them:
Me:
No worries; I don't either. We should hang out!
The only rule is: no bunny-hunting, or I'll unleash my twelve-pound house rabbit on you...and that's a bad way to go.
You guys have fun stuff and there's nothing wrong with running it to advertise. That being said: snorkels = dorkels. That's just, like, a mathematical law or something.
Also, I don't blame you for running limb risers in your area of the world; there are some tight trails in that vicinity...and some of them have "broken windshield" written all over them. If I was still tooling around that area, I'd consider running a set of lines.
