Thread: why you need proper recovery points.

What a pack of dickheads. This is why I hate mixed 4WD clubs, too many idiots and like others mentioned, not one assisted or offerd any sort of advice.

I can see why some people don't like 4WD clubs with clowns like that involved

Trav

there's nice you tube showing guys retrieving a car from a snow bank being pulled out by a SUV ute somewhere in North USA, the truck takes off and pulls the backbummper bar and panels off the car.

people have no understanding of the forces at work when recovering stuck vehicles from sand mud snow.

Now if he was smart and bought a Land Rover in the first place then he wouldn't have been in that predicament, he would have crossed the water crossing without getting bogged.

I have just had a second longer look at this video. There appears to be about 3 seconds of hard acceleration from the Nissan doing the snatching. IMO this is way too much force to put through ANY recovery point, let alone the bullbar (as it appears they have done).

They should have thought about the situation a bit more before attempting that extremely dangerous "technique".

I would be interested to see if they did eventually recover the Land Cruiser and what method they used. Multiple vehicles as an anchor point for a winch recovery may have worked. It looks very stuck to me .

Originally Posted by crump

http://video.google.com/videoplay'do...33126307253200

Straight out of a Russell Coight video. Dickheads.

Holy Hell, this has got to be the absolute worst bit of recovery video I have ever seen, how the bloody bull bar never ended up in the back of the ute is beyond me, let alone flay sideways and take out a few heads. if this is a group of experienced off roaders heaven help us, nobody said no don't put in on the bull bar.
I wonder what the bloke would do, if he came across a river crossing, ooo too cold can't walk it first.

Morons, the lot of them with a capital M
your right mick straight out of russell coight.


john

Originally Posted by crump

some pics here of mine, there should be one hole in the end of the chassis rail, you just need to drill another.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...recovery+hooks

Keep in mind a standard bull bar does not have the winch cradle that spreads the load further back along the chassis. Normally the standard bull bar is attached in a similar way to the standard bumper bar. Winch bars are normally differant,, much more securely affixed to the chassis rails.

And the recovery holes on the bottom of most ARB bars are for on road recovery,, eg to clear a highway etc. They are not for heavy recovery, let alone something close to a snatch off road

Originally Posted by barryj

Maybe I should play video clips with the sound on .

Sometimes I am just too lazy to reach down and turn the amp on!

And they are a left hand drive toyo,s