Limb riser tips

[Bearpaw225]

Good afternoon all. By chance I have a 98 GMC Yukon/Burb. I'll post pictures as well. I'm wondering if there is anyone to hook up limb risers for the vehicle for the winter. Where I'm located there's alot of brush that lays low during the snow season and we are expecting snow fall this weekend. Thank you for your time.

 

[irish44j]

On mine I fabbed up some little metal tabs that bolt into the engine bay frame and stick up between the hood and the fender.

(there's a second bolt and a spacer there, this photo was just a test-fit)

Then just got some coated cable, turnbuckles, and some high-tension springs (since I want it to flex a bit and not break stuff) and put it all together. Seems to work fine and deflects branches.

Most of the time I just have then strung up on the rack out of the way, I only use them when I'm really in wooded areas.

hope that helps with some ideas.

 

[RAMf1]

That looks great! I like that you can remove and store them and only install when you need them. Do you think the spring might stretch a lot when you encounter a "limb" that has to be moved out of the way?

 

[irish44j]

That looks great! I like that you can remove and store them and only install when you need them. Do you think the spring might stretch a lot when you encounter a "limb" that has to be moved out of the way?

it's a pretty beefy spring. Like, you can barely stretch it by hand (I have to loosen the turnbuckle to get it off the tab on the rack). So it has a bit of "stretch" to it but not all that much. Basically I just wanted it to stretch enough that it wouldn't pull the rack forward (which is gutter-mounted). I've seen people who don't do the spring of course, I but I'm not hitting Camel Trophy jungle branches haha....

 

[Bearpaw225]

This was my limb risers once I finished them. They disconnect and I keep them in the back of my truck. I used 400 lb rated aircraft cable and tension hooks

 

[El-Dracho]

On mine I fabbed up some little metal tabs that bolt into the engine bay frame and stick up between the hood and the fender.

(there's a second bolt and a spacer there, this photo was just a test-fit)

Then just got some coated cable, turnbuckles, and some high-tension springs (since I want it to flex a bit and not break stuff) and put it all together. Seems to work fine and deflects branches.

Most of the time I just have then strung up on the rack out of the way, I only use them when I'm really in wooded areas.

hope that helps with some ideas.

The mounting point looks very solid. But I would attach the strop the other way round, i.e. the tensioner on the roof side. The reason for this is that if it should break off at the attachment point, the tensioner may fly into the windshield with corresponding damage and if the tensioner with the spring is on the roof side, you can prevent this.

By the way, this is my solution, very similar, one side mounted to the wings, the other one to the external rollcaage (there you can see the tensioner):