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[*] posted on 5-18-2012 at 07:04 PM


J.P. I have a "PULL PAL" that is the same thing as your "sand anchor" but made for the Military and also for commercial use, and they work great in sand or mud, or even rocks if you can get it to catch on one. The one drawback is that they are awkward to pack as the shank is about 4 feet long.

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[*] posted on 5-18-2012 at 07:11 PM


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J.P. I have a "PULL PAL" that is the same thing as your "sand anchor" but made for the Military and also for commercial use, and they work great in sand or mud, or even rocks if you can get it to catch on one. The one drawback is that they are awkward to pack as the shank is about 4 feet long.

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The things we learn, I had a onrey old guy I worked for :lol: told me if you walk off and leave a vehicle of mine your Fired if the motor is still running you ain't stuck :lol::lol:
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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 08:45 AM


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I have a "PULL PAL". The one drawback is that they are awkward to pack as the shank is about 4 feet long.

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Where would I have space to store that? :?:




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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 12:37 PM


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I have a "PULL PAL". The one drawback is that they are awkward to pack as the shank is about 4 feet long.

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Where would I have space to store that? :?:


Don't know, Ken.

I have it on the "roof rack" in a locked metal box that it fits perfectly in that I got at a garage sale.

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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 05:45 PM


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I have a "PULL PAL". The one drawback is that they are awkward to pack as the shank is about 4 feet long.

Barry


Where would I have space to store that? :?:


Don't know, Ken.

I have it on the "roof rack" in a locked metal box that it fits perfectly in that I got at a garage sale.

Barry


Roof rack? I'm taking the roof off in order to put my Jeep in a car show next month. David K keeps talking about Toyotas and Hondas, when Jeeps make people drool at the drop of a hat.:lol:




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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 06:02 PM


Well, Ken, we all have different priorities. (-:

Jeeps ARE cool, no denying that from me. But the Japanese have certainly long-term proved the worth of their vehicles for reliability and shear toughness and getting the job done. As a Conservative, I much prefer "reliability" to "cool", but that is just me. when I was in the market for an ideal 4x4 in 2007 I looked at Jeep Rubicon's closely, drove them, compared prices, and finally decided on the Nissan X-Terra Off road model as the one that most suited me and Meredith. We had also looked at Hummer H-3's, Toyota 4-Runners, Dodge Dorangos, Chev./GMC Tahoe's, but went with the X-Terra and have been fully satisfied since.

But, I still like Jeep Rubicons and would love having one if I could afford 2 SUV's with off road competance. I have bad dust allergies, so that mostly eliminated the Jeep with it's leaky plastic top from the competition.

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[*] posted on 5-20-2012 at 09:14 AM


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Well, Ken, we all have different priorities. (-:

Jeeps ARE cool, no denying that from me. But the Japanese have certainly long-term proved the worth of their vehicles for reliability and shear toughness and getting the job done. As a Conservative, I much prefer "reliability" to "cool", but that is just me. when I was in the market for an ideal 4x4 in 2007 I looked at Jeep Rubicon's closely, drove them, compared prices, and finally decided on the Nissan X-Terra Off road model as the one that most suited me and Meredith. We had also looked at Hummer H-3's, Toyota 4-Runners, Dodge Dorangos, Chev./GMC Tahoe's, but went with the X-Terra and have been fully satisfied since.

But, I still like Jeep Rubicons and would love having one if I could afford 2 SUV's with off road competance. I have bad dust allergies, so that mostly eliminated the Jeep with it's leaky plastic top from the competition.

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I know what you mean I look out the window and I see a premier 1995 SE V6 full power and air 4x4 Nissan all riged up to pull behind my motorhome it has 140k miles and weighs 1k less than a Wrangler But I Really want a Wrangler
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