"SWITAWI" (switawi)
06/18/2015 at 13:36 • Filed to: None
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"SWITAWI" (switawi)
06/18/2015 at 13:36 • Filed to: None | 2
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Sitting at my desk, trying to switch gears during lunch, distracting myself from some meaningless b.s. going on in the background. My sister is thinking about getting back into a Jeep Wrangler and somehow from that I ended up on their website seeing how cheaply I could build a diesel Grand Cherokee. It’s bad enough you have to step up four trim levels in pricing to even see the 3.0L EcoDiesel listed as a powertrain option, but as I was going through the option packages details this stood out like a sore thumb...
So I get that prioritizing the ‘Trailer Tow Group’ in this package would affect other chassis hard points at the rear of the vehicle, and I realize that you could/should easily fit a shackle recovery point in the hitch receiver if needed, but seriously?.. The ‘Offroad Adventure II’ pkg deletes a tow hook?
No wonder automotive options packages are so effed up these days. They’ve got more in common with cable channel packages than cars with thinking like that.
Or am I just extra-pissy today ‘cause work sucks? I can fix that...
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:38 |
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It’s probably to increase the departure angle.
505Turbeaux
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:39 |
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usually the reciver hitch has a tow hookup on it already, could be it. since technically the off road package includes Tow pkg IV
But then again it is Jeep
Rico
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:40 |
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Hmmm where did the rest of it go....
HammerheadFistpunch
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:41 |
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I suspect that the tow package bolts to or interferes with the tow hook point.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:47 |
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If it makes you feel better the factory “tow hooks” are NOT rated recovery points anyway, so putting a shackle or pin in the receiver is the only way to go without new hooks or bumper anyway.
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SWITAWI
> Rico
06/18/2015 at 13:47 |
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That’s actually an old picture. Here’s the current state of affairs.
Dammit. That’s not be enough the way today’s going...
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Rico
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:48 |
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Lmfao that’s awesome.
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SWITAWI
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/18/2015 at 13:50 |
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Yeah, I know. I just wanted to get my harumphs for being crabby, I guess. Misery loves company and all that.
God forbid I have to go stand in line at the Post Office this afternoon. My grumblings will be the stuff of postal legends.
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SWITAWI
> Rico
06/18/2015 at 13:54 |
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Shh! Don’t tell anyone I’m violating our company owner’s policy... No drinking before 4pm .
We close at 5pm CST. But being a Survey GPS dealer we sometimes use GMT.
Seriously.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 13:56 |
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Maybe lunch will help
You’re not you when you’re hungry I hear.
WiscoProud
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/18/2015 at 14:21 |
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Typically they share bolts, but on the LCs Toyota simply uses longer bolts to keep both.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> WiscoProud
06/18/2015 at 14:22 |
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on the land cruisers, they are pretty stout and can actually be used as recovery points too. I know the trailhawk GC gets rated hooks, but they are open (boo!)
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SWITAWI
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/18/2015 at 14:29 |
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Gonna take more than a Snickers, lol.
Too bad I can’t get a Sushirrito around here.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> SWITAWI
06/18/2015 at 14:34 |
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well I guess its sushi for lunch for me!