"rover strap" question...

[Incusus]

Forgive me for posting here, as an Isuzu guy posting in the LR forums, I feel like a pagan in the Vatican

anyway...

Can you guys tell me what these are? I found them hidden away in a box marked "Strap, LD Rover". I'm curious, and am also interested in seeing if they are of any use.

They're stamped "3 FT 3" in blue, and are bound or stitched together in places. Very sturdy and they strike me as axle straps or something similar as they are too short for tow use. Any help is appreciated (and possibly rewarded )

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/Stumpjumper/IMG_4815.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/Stumpjumper/IMG_4817.jpg

Thanks!

 

[Clark White]

I'm a Toyota guy, so I have no idea what those are, but they look like something only a Rover guy could need! (After all, their rigs do tend to get grumpy and do things like throw an axle, but shhh, don't tell them that...). :shakin:

 

[Andrew Walcker]

Really not sure? Could it be a tree strap? I bet Terriann will know...

 

[Martyn]

These are special LR straps used for beating the vehicle when it refuses to start. They have been approved by Lucas to discipline all electrical failures.

 

[Andrew Walcker]

These are special LR straps used for beating the vehicle when it refuses to start. They have been approved by Lucas to discipline all electrical failures.

********!!! Wait, that actually makes perfect sense...

 

[Incusus]

These are special LR straps used for beating the vehicle when it refuses to start. They have been approved by Lucas to discipline all electrical failures.

You know, that could just be the perfect description for an Ebay auction.......

 

[Mercedesrover]

These are special LR straps used for beating the vehicle when it refuses to start. They have been approved by Lucas to discipline all electrical failures.

Couldn't be. Those would be worn out if that were true.

 

[bovw]

:clapsmile So true...

Couldn't be. Those would be worn out if that were true.

 

[overlander]

that ain't right....

 

[laurie-the-lorry]

My guess is they are axle straps for an air-portable crate, They didn't use chains as kicking a landy out the back of a Hercules with a little parachute caused a lot of flex on landing. They may leak a bit, and have the occasional electrical failure. But I cant think of many Toyotas or other trucks that go parachuting. Although as the British Army no-longer uses air-portables a new and improved could well be a thwacking tool for the lucas parts

 

[Andrew Walcker]

I think we need a "smilie icon" of someone beating a rover with a strap!

 

[jim65wagon]

:safari-rig: :violent-smiley-031: Someone can entwine these two I think

 

[bovw]

That should work well.

 

[Andrew Walcker]

:safari-rig: :violent-smiley-031: Someone can entwine these two I think

I like it!

 

[Incusus]

My guess is they are axle straps for an air-portable crate

so far, I like this explanation best as they cane from an army-navy store way back when.