Deroit Backbone?

[moose340]

Ive been looking at one, but havent found much one. What do you guys think? Are they worth it?
http://www.detoursusa.com/kjbackbone.php

 

[fullmetalone]

i recently inquired about it to a member on here, (i'll let them chime in if they wish) and after taking a look at it, and hearing their recommendation, i def want to add one to my jeep.

 

[moose340]

It looks very nice, I think. I figured if I got enough positive feed back then Id buy one with my school refund...... I mean

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Yup, Mark makes a killer setup with his Backbone.
Well worth it if you want/require a winch for your Liberty and want to retain the stock look of the front bumper, your only other option for adding a winch is an ARB front bumper or fabricating something from scratch.
In one day alone we used our winch 6-8 times!
It has paid it's way!
Best $365.00 I have spent for an accessory for our Rig.

 

[streetglideok]

How strong is it? Little bit of work to install, but for the cost savings vs arb, that would buy a higher end winch.

 

[Ry' N Jen]

It took me about 90 minutes to install it. As for it's strength?
It is plenty strong enough to recover your's or someone else's vehicle.
I also have Chinese made winch which only set us back $401.92 with taxes.
Incidencly the exact same as a Superwinch model for $200.00 plus more!

 

[moose340]

Thats what I like to hear, I just want it so I can have a winch but dont have money to buy a ARB or rock lizard

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Thats what I like to hear, I just want it so I can have a winch but dont have money to buy a ARB or rock lizard

Like I said, it's worth the money if you want a winch mounted to the front of your KJ...

Search through my posts here for a link to many photo's of Jen and I beating on our rig and then you will see some pictures of me getting stuck and making use of our winch.

Jen and I are glad we bought it!


Cheers

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Here is a link to the photos:
http://s572.photobucket.com/albums/ss165/socks999/Epic Fathers Day Wheelin/#!cpZZ10QQtppZZ20
You will have to scroll through them in order to find pictures of us getting unstuck!

 

[streetglideok]

You guys and all that rain you get there, what a muddy mess. Whats the story with the light bar on top of the winch?

 

[moose340]

Here is a link to the photos:
http://s572.photobucket.com/albums/ss165/socks999/Epic Fathers Day Wheelin/#!cpZZ10QQtppZZ20
You will have to scroll through them in order to find pictures of us getting unstuck!

Looks pretty sweet :icon_twisted:

 

[Ry' N Jen]

You guys and all that rain you get there, what a muddy mess. Whats the story with the light bar on top of the winch?

Sorry, but what do mean with "What's the story with the lightbar?"

 

[streetglideok]

The light strip above the winch.... you make it or???

 

[Ry' N Jen]

The light strip above the winch.... you make it or???

Yes, it is actually a light bar that I made and originally used for my '76 Mini.
I just made two mounting brackets for it to adapt it to fit the roller fairlead bolt
pattern.
I still need to mount some quick release lamp steadies to the lamps and hood
to reduce the lamp vibration.

 

[streetglideok]

Thinking that setup may be more feasible, and easier to convince the wife that I really need such a thing!

 

[tallytow]

I like the plain look of it, but i am looking for a bumper that will also accomadate a tow bar to tow behind a truck or motorhome.

Would the d-rings on this be strong enough to attach a tow bar to for towing.

 

[Ry' N Jen]

I like the plain look of it, but i am looking for a bumper that will also accomadate a tow bar to tow behind a truck or motorhome.

Would the d-rings on this be strong enough to attach a tow bar to for towing.

The strength is is not the problem. You can lift a KJ off the ground from those recovery points! But that is just what those two points should only be used for is recovery.
The reason I say that is that they sit too high to be used as a tow point.
In order to tow your Liberty behind a motorhome the tow bar should be as near as horizontal as possible (+/- a few degree's) so that it tracks properly behind the towing vehicle.

In this case I personally wouldn't use it for towing