Limb risers without tabs or a rack?

[RonL]

I used a part I bought at a West Marine store to attach my limb raiser. It is a small plastic piece, I pop riveted to my ARB.

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Now that is just the type of thing I was looking for. Thanks! What's it called? Can you get them in metal? Did it come radiused to match the tube? I'd probably use rivnuts instead of pop rivets however.

 

[craig]

Unless doing relatively hard core driving in rain forest or very tight woodsy growth, the risers won't accomplish much. .

Oregon and Washington trails, and even Forest Service roads, are frequently overgrown. This is especially true on the west side of the Cascade Mountains.

Limb risers are good at lifting the larger limbs up and over the windshield and/or snorkel. In general, they don't seem to help much with the limbs that contact the sides of the truck.

I'd look into Coleman Racing rollbar brackets. You can screw an eye hook into them and have a very good location for attaching the limb risers.

Craig

 

[RonL]

Here is the info from West Marine

FORESPAR

Lexan Mast Pad Eye - Curved, 5/8"ID
Only $6.79 USD
http://ecatalog.westmarine.com/full.asp?page=1246&LinkBackProdId=2370

I used a round file to make it match prefectly to the radius of the bar.

 

[Dendy Jarrett]

I worry about something that you would rivet or riv-nut into the bumper.
The tension on limb risers is supposed to be extreme.

There should be no play whatsoever on the wire. When you drive down the road, there should be no movement at all on the wire.

That said, ... I love those brackets. Look like they are custom for the brush bar.

Dendy

 

[TeriAnn]

Oregon and Washington trails, and even Forest Service roads, are frequently overgrown. This is especially true on the west side of the Cascade Mountains.

And this includes trails in the Northern California coastal mountain trails.

This is why I have mine. Well that plus heated windscreen glass that retails for about $400/side.

Limb risers are good at lifting the larger limbs up and over the windshield and/or snorkel. In general, they don't seem to help much with the limbs that contact the sides of the truck.

Same experience as I've had with them in the coastal mountains.

I've been too lazy to take them off for desert trips, but there they only serve as short clothes lines and are otherwise useless poser bling.

 

[Mister Owl]

Another option for mounting limb risers or radio antennas... Roll bar brackets.

Hootie

 

[Honu]

one thing check out these springs if you want a bit of give but still want it solid for the limb to rise up and over
they are called drawbar springs

you can get them short and strong

 

[TeriAnn]

one thing check out these springs if you want a bit of give but still want it solid for the limb to rise up and over
they are called drawbar springs

you can get them short and strong

These are what I use. Mine came from West marine. You can disassemble them then reassemble then with one or both ends inside eyes or loops.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Another option for mounting limb risers or radio antennas... Roll bar brackets.

Hootie

I've always thought these billet bar mounts were just too expensive and blingy for me. They are nice, absolutely, but just too spendy IMHO. So I used to use exhaust pipe clamps, but those tend to nick the powdercoat and the fit is not all that great.

Instead, I have been using those vibration damping pipe hangers recently. They fit dead on and snug down nicely. You can weld to them, drill and tap a custom mount. Very flexible in application. I use the one sized for 1-1/2" pipe, which is 1-7/8" in actual diameter. Fits on the ARB tubes perfectly. I had a buddy of mine TIG 1/2" bolts onto a couple of them and they held a Hi-Lift without rotating or breaking over the Rubicon, so I think they'll hold up. Other nice thing is the zinc-plated ones are about $4. If you get them in stainless they usually run about $15.

http://www.zsi-inc.com/index.php?page=22

Or page 1484 in McMaster-Carr #114.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/1484

But I could see a couple of them in the corners holding the cables, tapped for eye-bolts or rings welded on. Same on the corners of the roof rack if that's the other side of the wire. Maybe a turn-buckle or those drawbar springs to tension the wire rope. All four would be $15, a pair of 12 lbf drawbar springs would be $25 and some rope and hooks or thimbles. Could build a set of risers for $50 easily.

 

[Rovertrader]

I use the old RN risers attached to the top of the rack. After trying fitment to the A-hoop ( D-90), I kept getting branches jambed in the space between the rack-basket- and the rollbar, and kept losing light covers. After raising to the top most edge of the basket, no more issues. The turn buckles work well, as you can continue to tighten them as the cable stretches- and they actually helped secure the outer edge of the Camel Trophy brush bar. Just my two cents......and I agree about the cost of a windscreen, not to mention the inconvenience. Cheers!!

 

[TeriAnn]

I've always thought these billet bar mounts were just too expensive and blingy for me. They are nice, absolutely, but just too spendy IMHO.

Series Land Rover owners have a tradition going back to Land Rover's Scottish roots: thrifty when it comes to buying parts.


I just went to the hardware store and bought threaded eye bolts, drilled a hole in the top front of the roof rack, inserted the threaded end and tightened with lock nut & washer.

Instead of spending a lot of money on a brush bar I purchased a couple lengths of iron water pipe, a couple end caps and more threaded eyes.

My goal with a brush bar is to protect the front outer corners of the aluminum front wings from brush impact dents. I reasoned that iron water pipes were more than strong enough to protect the aluminum wings from small and medium branches growing low into the trail. For anything bigger I rely upon my front bumper , overriders and the ability to drive.

My radiator is recessed and quite well protected so I'm not worried about that. Just the front outer wing edges.

I think I may have spend US$10 for my front brush bars and limb riser mounts. But I did put money into stainless steel wires, turnbuckle and drawbar springs

Before anyone makes bling remarks about the aluminum diamond plate on top of the wings, I have a front top mounted roof rack and wing walk whenever I want to get something or put it back.

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[DaveInDenver]

Series Land Rover owners have a tradition going back to Land Rover's Scottish roots: thrifty when it comes to buying parts.

Now that's my style! Functional and frugal.

 

[overlander]

These are what I use. Mine came from West marine. You can disassemble them then reassemble then with one or both ends inside eyes or loops.

I have been trying to find these for a while now, but didn't know what they were called or where I could get them. Thanks Terri and Honu!:clapsmile

 

[overlander]

These are what I use. Mine came from West marine. You can disassemble them then reassemble then with one or both ends inside eyes or loops.

I have been trying to find these for a while now, but didn't know what they were called or where I could get them. Thanks Terri and Honu!:clapsmile