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Front recovery points
Snooky:
Not sure of the make but got it from Challenger 4x4 near Aldershot about £40, swivels round as well :wink:
TechnoTurkey:
I used a military spec bumper with the recovery pin in the middle and also have a steering guard with recovery points fitted, this seems to work well enough.
A towball on the front bumper would most probably just bend the bumper.
graemeELLIOTT:
Military bumper pin only for towing, not for recovery, military recommend jate rings for recovery.
L90OOK:
If you are going anywhere off road I'd fit a good strong steering guard.. You can get them with recovery points or bolt some jate rings to the chassis.
I have seen some std bumpers bend whilst being recovered :? Not sure how the recovery points were attached to these particular bumpers.
If you are considering a winch then allot of the winch bumpers have recovery points attached to them.
Whatever you do don't forget to tell your insurance company! :roll:
clbarclay:
The bset solution is some respects is to have a recovery point on both sides of the chassis (a bit like Snooky but with another on the other side) and use a long bridale between the 2 to reduce the risk of damaging the chassis during heavy recovery.
The other benefit of having recovery points on both sides is that sometimes it is more benificial to pull from just one side of the front rather than the middle or the other side.
The swivel point like what Snooky has is Britpart IIRC, so availble from most places. Though its not the only on thats avalible, at the moment i can't remeber who else makes them.
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