Anyone fitted these recovery points?

[Hendrik]

Hi All

I am looking for recovery points to fit to my rear bar and wondering if anyone has any experience with these swivel recovery points.

Stainless Steel tested Swivel Recovery Eye

I would like to use the Gunnebo swivel recovery points, but cannot find them any where.

[clubagreenie]

I'd use them but they only suit 5mm material and I have 13mm webbing on the c-channel I used for my winch tray. I had a brief discussion in another thread with someone (Ron maybe?) on points and these I think.

[101RRS]

What is their rating - correctly installed in 5mm plate - doesn't seem to say in the website. You need to know the rating to determine whether they are strong enough.

Garry

[Hendrik]

Yeah that is what I am trying to find out now, so I can do some stress calculations for my design.

Does anyone know of any other swivel type recovery points.

[p38arover]

I'd use them but they only suit 5mm material and I have 13mm webbing on the c-channel I used for my winch tray. I had a brief discussion in another thread with someone (Ron maybe?) on points and these I think.

You certainly did.

Recovery Shackle Mounting Points

[clubagreenie]

OK those yellow ones really look the go, don't know prices but the ratings are ok. For a 24mm bolt WLL for lifting is 7t for a single in a in line pull, 3.5t if used at 90deg (bolt to pull angle). For two used, as long as there's no asymetric loading (swivel so eye is vertical and can swing inwards to remove side load from bolt) @ 0-45deg 4t each.

Gunnebo Industries - Download Catalogues is the page for the catalogue, I recommend downloading from the online viewer as it's really slow. Part 8 is where they are. Plus theres some really good other stuff.

Will be getting some prices this week, anyone interested, if so what sizes. Will look at group buy pricing as well.

Which leads me to the next question, if running two points on the front, are people using drag chains or slings, what size chain 10 or 13mm, and if chains, I'll be pricing a build of two leg chains as well, let me know if anyone wants these as well. I'll put some potential pricing up when I get it.

Something along the lines of the chains I was looking at, can be shortened for offset pulls without having extra grab links/hooks attatched.

[cmurray]

I have a pair of these that I got from Nobles.

More detail here:
Nobles - wire rope, lifting accessories, chain, slings, hoists, winches, beams, blocks, swivels

It doesn't clearly state it, but they do rotate 360 degrees. Also the WLL stamped on them is for side loadings, not straight line pull, the ones I have fitted have a stamped WLL of 2.3T, which is side loading, but a straight line rating of 6T.

As for a bridle for the front, there are a few places that now sell ones that are made of plasma rope. These are good, as you can just feed the bridle through the eye of the snatch strap and the strap will centre itself for the direction of the pull, no need to shorten on side to try to guesstimate where the center line of the pull will be.

[101RRS]

OK those yellow ones really look the go, don't know prices but the ratings are ok. For a 24mm bolt WLL for lifting is 7t for a single in a in line pull, 3.5t if used at 90deg (bolt to pull angle). For two used, as long as there's no asymetric loading (swivel so eye is vertical and can swing inwards to remove side load from bolt) @ 0-45deg 4t each.

Gunnebo Industries - Download Catalogues is the page for the catalogue, I recommend downloading from the online viewer as it's really slow. Part 8 is where they are. Plus theres some really good other stuff.

Will be getting some prices this week, anyone interested, if so what sizes. Will look at group buy pricing as well.

Which leads me to the next question, if running two points on the front, are people using drag chains or slings, what size chain 10 or 13mm, and if chains, I'll be pricing a build of two leg chains as well, let me know if anyone wants these as well. I'll put some potential pricing up when I get it.

Something along the lines of the chains I was looking at, can be shortened for offset pulls without having extra grab links/hooks attatched.

I do not like those because if the pull is not straight ahead all the load transfers to one of the recovery points and is no longer shared between the two recovery points. I use a bridle that allows the shackle connected to the snatch strap or tow cable to slide along the bridle so that the weight continues to be shared by both recovery points.

ARB have plasma rope bridles, you can get them made using appropriate wire rope etc - I use appropriately rated tree protectors as bridles. While correctly rated chain could be used, I would not use a drag chain as they are not purpose built for that - afterall they are drag chains and I am not sure of their ratings.

Garry