101 Recovery Points

Just seeing those hooks Garry reminded me that I have the same ones atop the 12mm plate on my bumper! And yes. They're set up so I can be recovered using both hooks. Stuee, from memory Repco, Sprint etc sell them, and they seem to cop a flogging without issues. Where Garry has his looks to be the perfect spot for them, and he's right. The chassis is good and strong there. :)

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Originally Posted by stuee

I don't have the luxury of a winch so cant choose that option. A lot of the 4wding I do is sand based and while I've never been bogged yet on in the sand (touch wood), I want to be able to be recovered or recover others if required and its likely a snatch would be on the cards.
Cheers.

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Hey Stuee, If you get bogged and a Toyota rocks up to snatch or winch you, check to see he doesn't have a camera. If he does, politely decline the help and give me a call - I'll risk the fines and double demerits to drive my unlicensed 101 to winch you out to avoid you the embarrassment of getting rescued by a 'yota:D.
Ah, hang on - 10th of January I'll be on the Dakar - may be a bit far to come from South America to rescue you!

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Originally Posted by Sitec

They're set up so I can be recovered using both hooks. Stuee, from memory Repco, Sprint etc sell them, and they seem to cop a flogging without issues. Where Garry has his looks to be the perfect spot for them, and he's right. The chassis is good and strong there. :)

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I don't know about Repco but I got mine from ARB and they are rated - 4500kg or 10,000lbs depending whether imperial or metric.

Being open hooks (there is a light tab to keep recovery get on) when they get overstressed the hook does open - some claim that is not good but to me that is a controlled release rather than a big bang (I don't think the they fracture). The main issue is if the pull is not through the shank but is higher up in the hook near the open end where the hook is thinner.

That is why I mounted mine on the outside of the chassis so the pull is always through the thickest part. I have never had to use them with a bridle or a full on snatch but used them tow recoveries - though I have hooked back to them for winch recoveries.

Garry