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Viking winch line, which thimble to get?

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Which thimble?

regular	66%	66%	[2]
safety	33%	33%	[1]

Total Votes: 3

LR3GuyJoe

Member Since: 02 Dec 2008
Location: Space Coast Florida
Posts: 443

Viking winch line, which thimble to get?

I cant decide which thimble to get on my winchline the regular one or the safety one

Regular

Safety

if I go with the regular thimble I'd get this hook for it

gunnebo hook

Im going to be ordering one or the other on my lunch break... Sceen name use to be "wantsanlr3"

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29th May 2009 4:06 am

Roel

Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: home
Posts: 1215

2005 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Tangiers Orange

What's the safety on the safety Timble? That you can't get it winched in to far?
I would go for the Hook, for the hook I don't see a real point in the safety part.
Mine will go in till it gets to the hook and stops there. I don't see a real difference.
Maybe one. Your shackle will be able to swing freely and my hook is more or less pulled thight flat. Roel

1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK (traded it for a Britains 42101)
1984 90 TD5
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55WPT

Also member of club MTR
and Club Faultmate

Interested in my 4x4 history see my website: www.mudmachine.webklik.nl
Sorry it's in Dutch and with google translator it gets funny.

29th May 2009 6:57 am

AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert

Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10438

More info here.
http://www.toughstuffproducts.com/jeep/winch_safety_thimble.html In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

29th May 2009 7:49 am

Roel

Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: home
Posts: 1215

My hook doesn't go into the winch:

Click image to enlarge

And a good hook has a safety so the strap can't fall out.

A detail: They compare a small hook with a steel cable to something with a rope. With a rope you need a good eye. That eye will be 90 deg off with the hook and so you can't pull it in the winch.

This is my personal opinion, No hard feeling if you think different. Roel

1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK (traded it for a Britains 42101)
1984 90 TD5
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55WPT

Also member of club MTR
and Club Faultmate

Interested in my 4x4 history see my website: www.mudmachine.webklik.nl
Sorry it's in Dutch and with google translator it gets funny.

29th May 2009 10:27 am

cold_n_wet

Member Since: 05 May 2009
Location: Bergen
Posts: 1509

At least with the hook the thieving bar

can't (or more difficulty) steal it.

The shackle would be gone in 60 seconds... yeah, you could stow it in the motor, but it would always be burried when needed in my experience...

G

29th May 2009 1:50 pm

Roel

Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: home
Posts: 1215

I have my rope in the car unless I go off-road. Within 5 minutes I have it installed. I hope the rope survives a little longer keeping it dry and out of the sun etc. Roel

1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK (traded it for a Britains 42101)
1984 90 TD5
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55WPT

Also member of club MTR
and Club Faultmate

Interested in my 4x4 history see my website: www.mudmachine.webklik.nl
Sorry it's in Dutch and with google translator it gets funny.

29th May 2009 3:07 pm

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