Decided to come up with a dog harness and restraint for the Jeep.
I first designed and made a cushion in the console area for Cooper, my English Bull Terrier, to sit comfortably when we take off for the mountains. Now for a restraint/harness to keep him safe.
Seatbelt:
Jontay.com
3 Yards - 1" Heavyweight Polypropelene Webbing • W-PP-01 1000
2 each - 1" Single Adjusting Side Release Buckle • B-SR-02 1000
1 each - 1" Stainless Welded D-Ring • B-DR-02WS 1000
1 each - 1" Wide Mouth Single Bar Slides • B-SB-02 1000
Found these 1" webbing anchors from Raingler.com
Harness:
To fit - 1" Heavyweight Polypropelene Webbing • W-PP-01 1000
2 each - 1" Contoured Single Adjusting Side Release Buckle • B-SR-03 1000
2 each - 1" Wide Mouth Single Bar Slides • B-SB-02 1000
2 each - 1" Heavy Ladder Locks • B-DB-02USA 1000
2 each - 1" Stainless Welded D-Ring • B-DR-02WS 1000
2 each - 30mm Stainless Welded Round Ring
Seat Belt Construction:
The easiest way to cut webbing is to use an electric soldering gun like a Weller or this cheap Harbor Freight unit. Take a piece of 10 gauge (12 will work) solid copper wire, flatten a section of it with a hammer and shape it like shown above. I used the ground wire from a scrap piece of household Romex. Insert it into the soldering gun and it will cut and melt the edge at the same time. Works as well as units costing $150.
Here is the anchor loosely bolted into position.
Used 92 bonded nylon thread to stitch an "X" box to secure the 1" webbing to the anchors.
Used two sided basting tape from Sailrite.com to hold the webbing in place prior to stitching.
Wrapped a length of 1" webbing through each buckle. Buckle to buckle is 1 1/2". Triple stitched each end.
Wrapped another piece of webbing around the first for the D-ring. It is easier to mark the "X" box prior to stitching.
Used Tex 92 bonded poly black thread and a #22 needle to stitch the "X" box.
Here is the finished product after securing the anchors to the seat riser bolts. By using two buckles it iis easy to center the D-ring on the cushion. In use, only one buckle needs to be released in order to insert or remove the cushion.
Close up off the finished D-Ring assembly.
Harness:
Constructed a tether with a snap ring to attach the harness to the seat belt D-ring.
Close up of tether.
Fabricated a harness featuring side release and upper and lower D-rings. The upper is for attaching a leash and the lower for attaching to the tether.
Close up.
Front view of harness and lower D-ring.
Cooper attached in harness attached to the the tether.
"Enough with the pictures; let's go for a ride...!"
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