What a great story. It's great when you can show off to non-rover people.
"Hero for a day." I had a friend who was trying to replace a strut insert on
his '74 Super Beatle. The old one was rusted in solid. I strapped one end of
the strut to the font bumper of my 88" and the rusted insert to a metal post
that was sunk in concrete. I put the rover in 4wd-low, put it in reverse, a
little gas, and the insert came right out! Perhaps it was a little overkill
but it was fun being able to "save the day" with my rover.
Ted Treanor
1962 88" SW
Trumbull, CT
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lro@Works.Team.Net [mailto:owner-lro@Works.Team.Net]On
Behalf Of Smokey Briggs
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:59 AM
To: lro@Works.Team.Net
Subject: LRO: PTO praise
You never know when a PTO winch is going to save the day.
You take a lot of grief owning an unairconditioned vehicle that tops out at
50 in West Texas. I publish the newspaper here in Pecos. This morning we got
a special shipment of paper in. Paper comes in 1,000 pound rolls, 27 inches
wide. Our shipments are supposed to be shipped rolling, since we do not have
the equipment to move it when it is laid down flat. Well, this 24 roll
shipment came on the flats. You just cannot pick one of these up and set it
on end, no matter how many people you have, and its not safe to try.
Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig
winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and
presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of
money today.
All the best from West Texas
Smokey Briggs
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