Thread: Rear Snatch Points on Puma 110 Wagon

The towbar should be all you need. It's attached to the chassis with tons of bolts designed to spread load over a wide area. Just make sure the pin is rated for shock loads. You can put in a tongue with a recovery shackle or just put the rated pin through the loop at the end of the strap.

The rear cross member is as soft as butter so any other points would have to be attached back to the rails somehow.

I think you could remove the tiedown brackets and replace them with Jate Rings, similar to what can be done at the front.

Regards

John D - Defender 110 2.4

Originally Posted by jddisco200tdi

I think you could remove the tiedown brackets and replace them with Jate Rings, similar to what can be done at the front.

Regards

John D - Defender 110 2.4

Personally I wouldn't. I can't understand the popularity of jate rings. This is from another forum:

I can personally attest to the inadvisability of pseudo JATE rings as recovery attachments. A brand new one on the front of a friend's RR broke (in a mild recovery) and smashed through the rear windscreen of my RRC. Only some stuff in the rear that caught them probably saved me from decapitation. I just got showered with glass. The genuine ones might be okay, if used (paired) with a bridal rope, but I'd rather use something else.

Even if you connect them to a bridle, you cannot ensure that one will not be taking most of the load during a recovery. They are also much harder to access on a bogged vehicle than the receiver hitch.

On top of that they also attach to the chassis at one point - unlike a tow bar which attaches in at least 3 places on most land/range rovers, using much larger/stronger bolts and attachment points.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Personally I wouldn't. I can't understand the popularity of jate rings. This is from another forum:


Even if you connect them to a bridle, you cannot ensure that one will not be taking most of the load during a recovery. They are also much harder to access on a bogged vehicle than the receiver hitch.

On top of that they also attach to the chassis at one point - unlike a tow bar which attaches in at least 3 places on most land/range rovers, using much larger/stronger bolts and attachment points.

Thanks for the imfo. I'll use the bar I think

Allan

if you have the ARB one it has two eyelets on the end of the bar that are rated to about 3t each from memory.

while thats enough for a light snatch or a light anchor point I would suggest investing in an equalising strop or skoval thats about 6-8m long so that you can use both points and equally distribute the force over the back end.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

if you have the ARB one it has two eyelets on the end of the bar that are rated to about 3t each from memory.

while thats enough for a light snatch or a light anchor point I would suggest investing in an equalising strop or skoval thats about 6-8m long so that you can use both points and equally distribute the force over the back end.

Umm - those eyelets are probably weaker than Jate rings, and the OP mentioned REAR not front.

You OK Dave??? You don't seem to be quite with it these days???

I'm not saying use them on the rear instead of a tow bar as I think a tow bar is very strong..

but we have jate rings on the front of both our defenders and the ones on the 90 have been there for YEARS!! and they have been used a lot not just for our own recovery but for other peoples as well, and I know many people that have used them without any issues what so ever...

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Umm - those eyelets are probably weaker than Jate rings, and the OP mentioned REAR not front.

You OK Dave??? You don't seem to be quite with it these days???

The way I read it Dave was talking about a Tow bar not a Bull bar.

Cheers, Mick.