Mongrel Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'm looking at fitting Jate rings to the front of my Discovery 1. I've been reading up a bit about them and seem to be finding differing opinions about whether to use forged, welded or stainless steel rings. One post talks about the welded rings deforming and even breaking, another about forged cracking and catastrophically failing and another that was saying the stainless ones are too thin and not strong enough... So, recommend whatever you use please people, and any pluses or minuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam001 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 IMO Forged from a good manufacturer will be the best bet, stainless should not be used for any form of recovery work. But otherwise there is nothing wrong with welded, if done right. Personally though, Jate Rings are not the best solution for recovery anyway as it puts shear load onto the chassis and can damage it quite easily, Something bolted taking advantage of tensile strength or even shear/friction force is a much better solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's all about how you use recovery point I would stick with cast jate rings to start off with but make sure you NEVER snatch recover with a non snatch recovery trap Always use a bridle to spread the load competition recovery is a world away from proper recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ok, next stage, do I put the bridle loops directly to the Jates, or, via a couple of 4.75t shackles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I fit rated shackles between bridle & JATE rings when used, the bridle should pass through the tow rope/strap eye loop with out any metal connecting them.[my diagram below] there are RATED soft shackles out there http://www.softshackle.com/Shopping-cart.html the link above has 5,8,10,14 tonne rated variants, might just grab some 8tonne ones for my recovery kit. video on youtube 'how to make one' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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