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draperg said:

Just make sure you have some good recovery points.

Saw a 110 at the weekend that didnt. Pulling from the bumper not the best move

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this is why i'm not doing much offroading for a couple of months whilst i save up to put some heavy duty bumpers on with recovery points.

this video is the perfect example [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql74vGbbtwU&feature=youtube_gdata"]YouTube- How Not to Tow a Car - Snowtow Revisited[/nomedia]

i live near warwick and would meet up sometime.

_jason_ said:

this is why i'm not doing much offroading for a couple of months whilst i save up to put some heavy duty bumpers on with recovery points.

this video is the perfect example YouTube- How Not to Tow a Car - Snowtow Revisited

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just buy a set of JATE rings only about 30 quid for 4, and i disagree with the comment about not needing to take any ropes etc as there is a group etc, you should always take enough recovery equiptment to recover your own vehicle, with shackles and atleast one rope.

draperg said:

No you wont need ropes etc if there is a group. Just as long as someone has a set.

Just make sure you have some good recovery points.

Saw a 110 at the weekend that didnt. Pulling from the bumper not the best move

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How fooking selfish not to mention risky. Firstly why should everyone else fork out for recovery gear, and then use them and possibly damage them recovering people who are too tight to buy their own recovery gear. Not to mention the hassle of cleaning the mud out of em afterwards And

Secondly: You don't know what the other guy has used his rope/strops for, Or where they've been stored. I wouldn't risk my life/vehicle/passengers lives (in that order ) using someone else's recovery gear Unless I was very happy that they looked after their gear.

redhand said:

How fooking selfish not to mention risky. Firstly why should everyone else fork out for recovery gear, and then use them and possibly damage them recovering people who are too tight to buy their own recovery gear. Not to mention the hassle of cleaning the mud out of em afterwards And

Secondly: You don't know what the other guy has used his rope/strops for, Or where they've been stored. I wouldn't risk my life/vehicle/passengers lives (in that order ) using someone else's recovery gear Unless I was very happy that they looked after their gear.

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Agreed, I'm itching to go out and do some greenlanes but won't even consider it until I have decent recovery point's fitted a decent tow rope & some shackle's onboard ... just p'd off that fund's are non-existent at the moment

Dewin said:

Agreed, I'm itching to go out and do some greenlanes but won't even consider it until I have decent recovery point's fitted a decent tow rope & some shackle's onboard ... just p'd off that fund's are non-existent at the moment

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dont worry about that.....someone will be able to help you out

thanks for all the advice guys and yeah i want to get my own gear too. what do people recon about these kinetic ropes I've heard about??? or rope or flat strap types?

as for jate rings my steering guard will be in the way I think!! Any other alternatives apart from a better bumper??

Andykart said:

thanks for all the advice guys and yeah i want to get my own gear too. what do people recon about these kinetic ropes I've heard about??? or rope or flat strap types?

as for jate rings my steering guard will be in the way I think!! Any other alternatives apart from a better bumper??

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ive got a steering guard and jate rings on the front, stay away from kinetics especially as your new to it

V8_Disco said:

ive got a steering guard and jate rings on the front, stay away from kinetics especially as your new to it

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ok need to look harder at how they will fit and thanks re kinetic r i'll just go for normal for now ta

Andykart said:

ok need to look harder at how they will fit and thanks re kinetic r i'll just go for normal for now ta

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Jate ring's will fit where your current standard towing eyes are

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benaleyah said:

i live near warwick and would meet up sometime.

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No prob mate, dry docked at the mo replacing the head gaskets and cam, hopefully on the road for the back end of May then up to Harbury, never been before and theres some good green lanes round here.

Dewin said:

Jate ring's will fit where your current standard towing eyes are

Towing/Recovery

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Looked at mine and my steering guard uses the bolt that has towing eyes to fix steering guarrd and the guard covers chassis so would foul on the guard! Hic sorry but thjir ale n old peculiar slipping down very nicely hic!!

Sorry didnt mean to upset anyone. I was only implying that if someone was struggling I would be happy to use my kit to help them out.

But I take the point about not using kit you are unsure of and we should all have our own kit.

now you have sorted that out is anyone going anywhere.....

I've recently acquired an off road prepped disco. Anyone EVER goes out either Green Lane or Pay n Play with an hour or so of Loughborough then PM me, i'll be up for it! Gotta make use of the disco, since it's my second car!

P.s. I have bought a tow rope, and my FiL is an engineer by trade, so has sorted me out with some decent shackles and fixed em to the chassis....

is there anything going on monday. pay and play or if anyone is going laning give me a shout