Thread: Won’t be retro...

Originally Posted by TB

This is the first thing I actively dislike about the new vehicle: the off-centre rear recovery point. If they had two of them, symmetrically, you could work with that. But I don’t want to get yanked sideways when I’m snatching somebody out of the sand.

Farpoint however better than previous defenders imo, I usually use the tow hitch on my RRC for serious recoveries.
Hopefully they will have a normal slide in tow hitch option.
Front recovery is centred.
Anyone know if D5 has normal tow hitch option

Originally Posted by blackrangie

Farpoint however better than previous defenders imo, I usually use the tow hitch on my RRC for serious recoveries.
Hopefully they will have a normal slide in tow hitch option.
Front recovery is centred.
Anyone know if D5 has normal tow hitch option

D5 rear recovery point is centred:

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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Hopefully they will have a normal slide in tow hitch option.

Didnt one of the pilot builds have a powered retractable tow bar?

Originally Posted by SBD4

D5 rear recovery point is centred:

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If that is an option for Defender, then should be the same centred recovery aswell as stock recovery

Is stock d5 electric deployable? I see it still 3.5t and 350 ball weight.

YouTube

Standard tow hitch for new defender looking like deployable one based on mules, but who knows. Maybe base model will have something manual.

Coil model has different setup?

Top pic is typical European set up,not what we use here.

Bottom pic,easy to take a hayman reece bolt on set up by the looks.

Also set up looks pretty high up out of the way which is good,in bottom pic.

Yep simples is best. Provided it's easy to remove a pin and remove tongue HR style. I'm ok with an electric deployment as long as it is able to be wound fully in and out easily using a socket say because we know it will fail in time and need the socket...

Cheers

Originally Posted by blackrangie

Practicing your trolling bud?

Not at all, I think almost all the new Land Rover models look the same. Take it or leave it, I can’t tell the difference at a glance any more or even a long hard look with some, they really do all look the same to me. Hopefully the new Defender might have some unique features but based on how lazy LR designers have become, I’m expecting the same headlight and tail light style as the rest, on what looks to be a D4 body.