Lift shackles
BajaEdition
Resident 'Old' Jeep Shaman
- Posts
- 5,488
- Media
- 136
- Resources
- 2
- Thanks
- 5
- Location
- Riverside Ca
- Vehicle(s)
- 67 cj5,225 Dauntless, D30,chrome molies, detroit, D44, full floating detroit, custom steering, disc all the way around,2 inch lift on 31s, armored up
70 cj6 4 inch lift
well then we all have to agree to disagree, I do not usually buy the thin bendable ones and I do not have a big problem with hanging them up.
But I think we need to look at something, there are hoards of guys out there that do not have a clue that one of the secrets of wheeling is to know wherer their front tires are. For that matter they do not know that learning to feel those tires through the steering wheel is optimum technique, instead they go through a rock garden just bruising through. Those kind of guys seem to break a lot of stuff.
I learned to wheel old school, was taught that making the end of a trail without breaking was a successful day on the trail. I remember my father letting me drive and directing me to run over that rock or that limb, I figured it out later he was teaching me to know where my tires were, and to feel the terrain. I was also taught to read a trail different than a lot of guys, we learn to read the line to get passed an obstacle without breaking something. Since rock crawling became a extreme sport we now have thousands of guys wanting to find the biggest rock and get over it. The end product is breaking a lot of stuff.
So why do I say this? I like to use shackles, but I also know where my shackles are. I also see guys bend them, I just shake my head and go on down the trail avoiding the stuff they try to bash and dent against.
But I think we need to look at something, there are hoards of guys out there that do not have a clue that one of the secrets of wheeling is to know wherer their front tires are. For that matter they do not know that learning to feel those tires through the steering wheel is optimum technique, instead they go through a rock garden just bruising through. Those kind of guys seem to break a lot of stuff.
I learned to wheel old school, was taught that making the end of a trail without breaking was a successful day on the trail. I remember my father letting me drive and directing me to run over that rock or that limb, I figured it out later he was teaching me to know where my tires were, and to feel the terrain. I was also taught to read a trail different than a lot of guys, we learn to read the line to get passed an obstacle without breaking something. Since rock crawling became a extreme sport we now have thousands of guys wanting to find the biggest rock and get over it. The end product is breaking a lot of stuff.
So why do I say this? I like to use shackles, but I also know where my shackles are. I also see guys bend them, I just shake my head and go on down the trail avoiding the stuff they try to bash and dent against.
