Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Besides a tow bar, what are people using as a 'substantial' rear tow point?
Any ideas (Cheap ones!!!!)

Custom rear bar

Custom bar, recovery hooks mounted onto chassis....

Yeah custom as well....

Using big hefty U section that goes around the rear crossmember and picks up the 4 attachment points 2 in the middle [vertical] and 2 on the outside [horizontal]. Then have attached a pin reciever style tow point with 18mm grade 8 bolts and a 5mm steel backing plate...

Oh yeah - its not pretty but it is overbuilt

Its pretty important to have decent recovery hooks on the back of the Rangie coz i keep having to pull other people through

Anyone consider an American style receiver hitch? I guess Im lucky the the NAS RR's Disco's and Defenders come from the factory with them.



This enables you to either mount a ball hitch for towing or various recovery gear including a winch.






-Jeff

jeff, i don't know if thats an american invention??
every 4wd in aust. has a receiver like that. but they do detract from ultimate ground clearance.

Whats the shear strength of that one pin??

Nissan's weigh a lot man....

modman wrote:jeff, i don't know if thats an american invention??
every 4wd in aust. has a receiver like that. but they do detract from ultimate ground clearance.

I only say American because they came standard on NAS trucks....

-Jeff

if you put a pin with grade 12 rating (bolt) about 12mm it can be 26 tonne!

Custom rear bar

pin I believe in double shear is about 28 tonnes. (using a square hitch)

Bazzle

bazzle wrote:pin I believe in double shear is about 28 tonnes. (using a square hitch)

Bazzle

Should be enough
Even a Nissan can't weigh that much....

i don't know?? they need a lot of fuel!!!

Why not just fit two Jate rings and run a bridle between?

I had Jate rings and never had a problem - but they are not 'legal' for competition events or for non-Landrover club trips which specify mounting by two rated points to the chassis...

AND I gotta say its easier with the hooks - no more standing in the mud up to my crotch dorking around with two shackles... and no metal attached to the end of your stretchy sling shot recovery rope...

Fairynuff...

It's a strange world we live in!

Genuine Jate rings are loaded to 14,000lbs - more than enough to tear the chassis...

ideal for a Rangey but not for all other makes of 4x4...

I used to like a welded loop from the end of either chassis rail supported by a butterfly plate - stronger than a bolt in any form, then the Motor Sport Assoc said "No"... Ridiculous, still such is life.

Probably best to look at local club rules first then design the recovery point...

I'll stick with the Jates Rings - they have served me well so far!

jate rings look neat, but they're a pita in deep mud trying to get shackles around. i suppose you could leave a bridle permanently connected, hooked over the bullbar.

i had jate rings on my defender and they were great. just attach a bridle beforehand and then you dont even have to get out the car

landyman, what did you use for a bridle??

very short tree trunk protector with shackle in the middle
ideally you would want a really short snatch strap, but those are not available....
I have also seen nylon covered steel cable
but I am thinking about possibly some 10 or 12mm plasma rope would also do...
and you could tie the plasma to the bullbar while not using it

A 14 tonne SWL short lifting strap about ten feet long is ideal - with a padded slip collet so you don't need an extra shackle...

Be careful it's not too short or you can pull in the chassis rails under high load...

cheers landyman, good thought.

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