D3/4 front and rear OEM centre recovery point rating?

[winaje]

Hi all, does anyone know what the centre recovery points at the front and rear of a D3/4 are rated to? Is there an actual rating from LR for these 2 points?

[Redback]

This may give you an idea Will, the 57sec mark of the vid


Baz.

[winaje]

Geez some people are brutal to equipment they don't own or care about.

I'm particularly interested in knowing the load limits and strengths. As an example I might wish to recover a truck that's spinning wheels in mud but is not bogged to the axles. I'd use a couple of 4.75t rated shackles and a 12t tow strap, with no shock load. Using a tight strap gentle pull, am I likely to break the loop off the back of the chassis?

I realise that there are a lot of variables to the question. I suppose I'm just asking how strong the loops are for low stretch applications such as a tow strap or a chain, used sensibly without shock.

[gghaggis]

Geez some people are brutal to equipment they don't own or care about.

I'm particularly interested in knowing the load limits and strengths. As an example I might wish to recover a truck that's spinning wheels in mud but is not bogged to the axles. I'd use a couple of 4.75t rated shackles and a 12t tow strap, with no shock load. Using a tight strap gentle pull, am I likely to break the loop off the back of the chassis?

I realise that there are a lot of variables to the question. I suppose I'm just asking how strong the loops are for low stretch applications such as a tow strap or a chain, used sensibly without shock.

I pulled a bogged cement mixer up a slight hill on the rear tow point, using his recovery chain. The unofficial rating is 6 T.

Cheers,

Gordon

[~Rich~]

And that would be SWL ( safe working load) and not failure load.

[winaje]

And that would be SWL ( safe working load) and not failure load.

As I understand it, failure load is normally 5 to 7 times the SWL. So realistically pretty much anything could be recovered provided it's not too badly bogged. Sounds to me like you'd have trouble with traction before you broke the rear loop, provided there was straight pull load without any shock.

[cripesamighty]

This might give you an idea of the static load.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3LIWXCuUUc[/ame]

[shanegtr]

Geez some people are brutal to equipment they don't own or care about.

Judging by the covers over the panels I'd have a guess and say LR testing

[SBD4]

I pulled a tree stump out with mine.

[Redback]

I pulled a tree stump out with mine.

Doing an extension are we

Baz.