Thread: Recovery Points

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3LIWXCuUUc]Land Rover Discovery / LR3 The Big Lift - YouTube[/ame]

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Not sure that is all that relevant to the recovery point question as the lifting points in the vid are not the recovery points. As far as the relevance of the vid overall, I am sure my 58 series 1 chassis would do just as well as the the D3 chassis given the way everything is connected up.

The vid did state that the recovery points are rated at 6000kg.

Garry

Front recovery point is the loop inside the oval shaped hole on my front bash plate.



This is it in use later on in the day



The rear recovery point is behind the plastic panel covering the towbar electrical sockets. Seen here on mine with a shackle through the eye and a rope attached to it, which in turn is attached to the front point on one of the other G4 cars in Thailand. Mine is the car in the middle with a rope on the front recovery point to the back of the FFRR in front, you can see the shackle fitted to the recovery point on the RRS at the rear of the group



And again here, on the back of my car the shackle attached to the recovery point is visible.



They're in the same place on the D3' & 4's of course, as it's essentially the same chassis. I believe the Mitch Hitch towbar arrangement uses the rear recovery point as a mounting point for the bar, have seen a couple of close up photos of that. Hope that helps.

I realize that the thread is about recovery points however for interests sake, below is a LR pdf on various recommended methods for lashing their vehicles for transport to the dealer lot.

I thought it may be of interest. The Freelander as well as the D4 are covered.

As an aside, what is definitely not a recovery point is the Land Rover "plow" detachable hitch for the rear of the D4. The cast loop centred above in the rear bumper surely is except in the eyes of Land Rover lawyers who with the same degree of enthusiasm would argue that the detachable tow hitch is without fault and any evidence of concern is due to owner misuse.

I was advised by land rover (verbally mind you) that these points being referred to are recovery points suitable for snatches. Scott at southerns in Perth advised me of this.

The rear looks more than strong enough, the front not so, but others (on this thread) appear to have used them for recovery which gives me comfort.

Pull the covers off and have a look at the front recovery point from underneath the vehicle. It is a pretty serious point of attachment.

I haven't seen how the Mitchhitch attaches, but do ppl think it would be a safe recovery point option?

Originally Posted by Stuart02

I haven't seen how the Mitchhitch attaches, but do ppl think it would be a safe recovery point option?

I would be interested to see how this works too, as I have been thinking about adding this.