Tail gate strap upgrade

I guess this would be a product review ! JBS sells a set of tail gate straps that are a definite upgrade for the 660 or 450. I think these may have been included on the 700's from factory. I had James add these to an order I had so I really don't remember how much they cost. The factory ones on my 660 were very small and flimsy and I had already broke one. Needless to say, they were only good for keeping the tail gate in place.

I installed the new ones about a week ago and had forgotten about them till the other night. We where using the Rhino on a rescue when I noticed two of the guys had let the tailgate down and used it to step up in the back of the bed. They held !!!

Here is a pic I took while I was installing so You can see the difference in the size.



Thanks again to Dr. James at JBS for keeping it fun in a Rhino !

Ha Ha, I busted my ass by sitting on the tailgate when I first got mt Rhino. Scraped my back & spilled my beer!

Lesson learned, Do not sit on tailgate with stock straps.

At least noone got it on film... lol

big difference!!

Those look like the straps on my 2011 Rhino.
I didn't know there were other straps that aren't holding up well. I sit on mine all the time and have not had a problem. Glad you were able to get all fixed up!

wow they look much better than the pos that they came with

Wow those look way better, I got one broken one right now.

I think I going to try to build my own out of a broken winch cable.

The one I repaired, I made out of wire cable. I worked, but not near as nice as the JBS ones !

Quadog wrote:

Ha Ha, I busted my ass by sitting on the tailgate when I first got mt Rhino. Scraped my back & spilled my beer!

Lesson learned, Do not sit on tailgate with stock straps.

At least noone got it on film... lol

This really sounds like a serious safety issue. Obviously Yamaha has realized this and upgraded the latest models. How come there is not a safety recall on this???? And, with a new soft crash pillow for the butt after watching the safety movie!

sure looks like a big improvement over first set , that James never stops making rhinos better, keep up the good work James we will keep buying

I made my own out of some 3/16 cable ....

Quadog wrote:

Ha Ha, I busted my ass by sitting on the tailgate when I first got mt Rhino. Scraped my back & spilled my beer!

Lesson learned, Do not sit on tailgate with stock straps.

At least noone got it on film... lol

Not good. Not good at all. We should have a chat with Yamaha about such items. Hope you had a back up beer just incase though.