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I like pulling the spring and shock and completely cycling the suspension both in vertical bump and articulation. After doing that a few times, you get a feel for it. Radius arms can make it a little harder if they are stiff. Sometimes pulling a bolt out of one of the axle mounts is worth it for...

I would do this the other way. Set the bumpstop for the maximum amount uptravel your tire size and suspension will allow from ride height. Then package the shock around that compressed length. It would be nice to find at least 5" of uptravel from ride height. On the spring side of things, you...

snatch block (plural snatch blocks) (nautical) A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. From a 1913 Websters Dictionary

Come-Up Winch has a lot of options around that weight class that are showing available right now. http://shop.comeupusa.com/ I really like that a lot of their low profile offerings, even in the 15-20k range, have synthetic line options with a brake system that is not inside the drum.

Yup, the Napa price was just knocking the others out of the water. I hope they come back in stock. I would love to buy a few to replace some older MV-50s in my daily type drivers.

The new Napa twin compressor seems to be the hot ticket these days. Unfortunately, they sold out as soon as everyone found out. Hopefully they will be back in stock soon. For just over hundred bucks it has amazing specs. https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_MTWM10215C

No problem. The Tauler Jack has been another really fun project.

That question comes up a lot, no worries. Here is a list of ways this system is a better way to do it.... -Proper support for the 5/8 pin on the hitch side. If you pull hard enough on an unsupported 5/8" pin with a soft shackle ( or strap ), it will bend in the middle. The 5/8" pin is designed...

Hello, thank you for the thoughtful reply. Pin location. There isn't a perfect number. I measured probably a few hundred hitches, of OEM and aftermarket flavors, and had friends measure what they could find. I also spoke with any hitch manufactures that would talk to me. The number I came up...

Another small bonus with the SSRA 'Sarah' device. less worry about dropping a steel shackles/pin in the snow, mud, water, or down the side of a mountain when working with cold wet hands. You can re-rig with the device in place. The soft shackle is a snug fit so that even if you leave it open by...

Yikes, that seems like a very poor example of a soft shackle. The single leg design often causes uneven loading of each leg......and uneven wear on the covering layer. I much prefer the twin leg design with the tails independently burried in each leg. That also increases the working diameter...

Aye, don't get me started on that. At least I know I did it first. :cool:

Thank you very much!

You can click that little link for my store in my signature to read more about it. Thank you for the interest.

Thank you. It also eliminates an 'extra' attachment point in the rigging which is much safer vs the typical slide in hard shackle mounts. We have all used a ball hitch when we probable shouldn't. ;)

Time to show this to the world..... I've been working on a safe and direct way to attach a soft shackle into a receiver hitch. This is what I came up with. After some extensive geometry development in some 3d printed models, it was time to make it in 6061-T6 aluminum. The 5-axis machining on...

Thank you. You can buy a laser cut kit in my little web store.

4 jacks wouldn't have any problem with the load, but I would want something to help with the entire assembly racking when in the air. I would probably lift one end at a time about 4-8" and crib for safety as I went.

Quick wheel lift.

I thought I would start a thread for questions and comments on my new 'Tauler Jack' concept. This concept started as a campfire discussion with a few friends after talking through the pluses and minuses between a traditional farm jack that moves pin to pin (like a Hi-LIft) and some of the...