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Heavy Duty recovery bumper ideas

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fram:
A mate of ours made one out of steel box section and plate, he also added a tank guard and welded/bolted on a nato tow hitch for recovery. Does the job and looks pretty smart as well.

redhand:
Check out steel stock holders as the price for a brand new Piece probably wouldn't be much more than the price he's asking for a rusty piece of scrap. I was quoted £20 for a piece of 1600x40x80x2mm box section from a scrapyard and £25+vat for a 7.6 mtr length of the same from a steel stock holders.

Obviously you need thicker than that but the principle remains the same.

auf_wiedersehen_pet:

--- Quote from: "simon15" ---And was just thinking of getting a RSJ type length of steel which is thick cutting it down to size welding and bolting mounting plates to use the existing bumper mounts and then fitting a few Tow pin/hitches on them.
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What are the implications for your insurance????

philhunt:

--- Quote from: "simon15" ---Just been thinking about getting some very very strong recovery points front and back.


2 of these front and back... preferably without the ball on though. :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BALL-PIN-TOW-HITCH_W0QQitemZ200132058793QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33653QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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When you buy your tow pins, make sure that they are sufficiently strong enough for recovering your motor. You need 3.5 tonne rated pins as a minimum but preferably 5 tonne if a snatch is involved. Dixon Bate make pins with both these ratings and they are not that expensive new from Paddock Motors and others of course.

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