Thread: Rear recovery point on Puma with no towbar

I have a recovery point that Scorpion do for the back of the Defender:


Planing on getting a towbar, but $100 for the recovery point is cheaper than $700 odd dollars a towbar costs...although as has been mentioned you still have the issue of it just pulling off the crossmember, though I haven't had any issues with it yet. Rovercraft sell them in AUS. Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by samuelclarke

I have a recovery point that Scorpion do for the back of the Defender:


Planing on getting a towbar, but $100 for the recovery point is cheaper than $700 odd dollars a towbar costs...although as has been mentioned you still have the issue of it just pulling off the crossmember, though I haven't had any issues with it yet. Rovercraft sell them in AUS. Hope that helps.

Well that was my original intention, but several people here have warned that the bolt points may not be up to snatching.

Re Solmanic, and not getting a towbar, I've got towbars on the RR and the Disco and the 130, so don't need to have one on this one, but sadly I may have to just for the "recovery-ablilty" point.

Not sure if I can x-post a picture from an other forum, but this looks interesting:

Originally Posted by spudboy

I've read a few threads about recovery points (Scallops front points look the business), but my query is about bolting on one of these type of hitch points:

Straight onto the standard rear cross member. There are 4 threaded bolt holes which look like a universal size to take a hitch like this.

Am I in danger of ripping out my rear cross-member (using a snatch strap recovery) if I just bolt one on without having a tow-bar assembly or any thing else back there?

Thanks
David

ps. Scallops - if you read this, can you tell me if you had to drill your chassis to put on your front recovery hooks. I looked at my chassis, and I can't see where the bolts would go through....

What are you putting on the front for recovery points Spudboy?