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HJ60 wrote:Thanks Skid, I was pretty happy receiving your help on Saturday in that we river and Sunday too

Come on spill the beans Rick or I'll start posting those pic's of you stuck on the beach again

Thanks Sadam

Lets put it this way - Skid earned some beer credits from me.

Anyone have some PTO shear pin recommendations? Kind of getting a tiny bit sick of fitting pins just to have them break at the slightest load - a mere 3 tons!

So far concrete nails and 8/8 bolts have been suggested as pin replacements.

Does anyone know the rating of the gear box drive cogs and the drive shafts i.e. where is the next weak point?

I told you Rick, concrete nails. I have used them for 20 odd years on PTO winches, with no ill effect on any part of the system. And yes, they will shear, but under a more realistic load than the standard pins. Just get the size that will fit through the hole snugly, then give the end a slight bend with pliars to stop it falling out.

gazza wrote:i,m just glad my wife dose,nt know about ore web site. My version of what we do on the overnighters bears little or no resemblence to what actually happens.

couple of pics showing how much crap was in abbos carb

Ha they are good photos gazza

wisard2 wrote:Re: NZQA 4WD Safety Course - Wellington 30 Aug
by wisard2 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:06 pm
I told you Rick, concrete nails. I have used them for 20 odd years on PTO winches, with no ill effect on any part of the system. And yes, they will shear, but under a more realistic load

Thanks, could not remember who gave me that advice, will give it a shot

HJ60 wrote:

wisard2 wrote:Re: NZQA 4WD Safety Course - Wellington 30 Aug
by wisard2 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:06 pm
I told you Rick, concrete nails. I have used them for 20 odd years on PTO winches, with no ill effect on any part of the system. And yes, they will shear, but under a more realistic load

Thanks, could not remember who gave me that advice, will give it a shot

Or you could remove a few items from your vehicle like Dive air tanks , Kitchen sink ... Spare Cruiser
that would shed about half a ton

wisard2 wrote:Re: NZQA 4WD Safety Course - Wellington 30 Aug

Or you could remove a few items from your vehicle like Dive air tanks , Kitchen sink ... Spare Cruiser
that would shed about half a ton

Thanks, thought I lost the kitchen sink - where did you see it

HJ60 wrote:Thanks Sadam

Lets put it this way - Skid earned some beer credits from me.

Anyone have some PTO shear pin recommendations? Kind of getting a tiny bit sick of fitting pins just to have them break at the slightest load - a mere 3 tons!

So far concrete nails and 8/8 bolts have been suggested as pin replacements.

Does anyone know the rating of the gear box drive cogs and the drive shafts i.e. where is the next weak point?

I used to use a 10.2 cap screw, ya drive shaft will break first then

abbo wrote:

gazza wrote:i,m just glad my wife dose,nt know about ore web site. My version of what we do on the overnighters bears little or no resemblence to what actually happens.

couple of pics showing how much crap was in abbos carb

Ha they are good photos gazza

got the pics the wrong way round pic 1(which was pic 2)1was meant to show the carb intake with all the shit round it

and pic 2 (was pic 1) was to show how much more shit was injested when we all had an opnion