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2:52 pm
January 24, 2010
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J.Durkin
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I have a Matkins Level II frame that has two tabs on the front bumper that appear to be for d-rings…but the hole looks to be only about 1/2 inch in diameter…which will not accomodate the rings that I see on most vehicles (i.e. 5/8 or 3/4).
Does this seem right? Does anyone have experience with this set-up? There is plenty of material for me to drill it out..but I hate to do any drilling on a recovery point in fear of weakening the existing tab. Why would Matkins leave only a 1/2" hole?
Thanks
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3:34 pm
January 24, 2010
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notoriousDUG
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Hard to judge not seeing the weldment but if there is enough material drill it out.
I had heard that Matkins went belly up a few years back, is it a new frame or an older one?
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4:52 pm
January 24, 2010
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J.Durkin
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Not sure if the pic will show… The frame had to be bought within the last 5 years.
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5:04 pm
January 24, 2010
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Bucko
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can you not get a D ring to fit the hole? why do people think you need the bigist shackels in the wold for recovery
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5:29 pm
January 24, 2010
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J.Durkin
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Its a 1/2" hole and I can't find one that small. Quadratec has 5/8 and 3/4 but nobody has 1/2 and I don't think the poundages on the smaller ones (if they had em') would be strong enough for safe recovery. I'm guessing 1/2 even with top grade steel is not over 1500lbs. Just a guess tho.
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6:06 pm
January 24, 2010
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Bucko
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Post edited 12:08 am – January 25, 2010 by Bucko
yeh your right im still geting the hand off all the inch messurments i was think it was more like 3/4
i cant work out why they would drill a hole that small in them
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6:09 pm
January 24, 2010
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notoriousDUG
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1/2" is way to small for recovery work. According to Crosby a 1/2" shackle is rated for only a 4,000 pound working load which is well under what I would feel comfortable with. Heck., I feel a little nervoud seeing that a 5/8" is rated for only 6,500 pounds…
That picture is really hard to tell but it looks like there is more then enough room to hog them out to 5/8." How thick are the tabs, in that picture they look really small…
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6:14 pm
January 24, 2010
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Bucko
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mine are 16 mm so there a lil bit biger tha 1/2
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6:15 pm
January 24, 2010
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J.Durkin
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how many lbs? How much? Where?
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6:27 pm
January 24, 2010
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Bucko
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Post edited 12:40 am – January 25, 2010 by Bucko
i brought them with me from the uk sorry
but if your sill intrested i think they where from here
not sure if these are the exat one but they wehere from here
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/s…..s-shackles
two of them on the front would give you 6.5 metric tons of capabilty on the front end which is a hell of a pull
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