Rear recovery point

So, I'm planning on going to muddy bottom pay & play this Sunday but it seems I need a rear recovery point.

Shackles have been mentioned and I have these attached to my winch bumper at the front but the rear doesn't have a bumper as such and I can't see anywhere obvious to fix anything to.

Can anyone advise where / how I'm meant to attach shackles or some sort of rear recovery point to a 1985 LR90?

This is how the rear of my landy looks at the moment:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10804&size=big&cat=&ppuser=20565

I'm hoping that I will be able to pop down to Keith Gott's in Alton and pick up whatever I need on Saturday morning as I live in Hindhead which is not too far away...

take yer tie down eyelet thingies off and stick them in there?

Forgive my ignorance but I'm not even sure that the "tie down eyelet thingies" that you refer to are

Do you mean the two holes on the back bumper bar that are used for the high lift jack?

gidgrace said:

Forgive my ignorance but I'm not even sure that the "tie down eyelet thingies" that you refer to are

Do you mean the two holes on the back bumper bar that are used for the high lift jack?

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Have a look on the chassis behind the back wheels, you should see a couple of (almost) teardrop shaped things bolted on

gidgrace said:

Forgive my ignorance but I'm not even sure that the "tie down eyelet thingies" that you refer to are

Do you mean the two holes on the back bumper bar that are used for the high lift jack?

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Here you go. the d shaped ring dangling down at the back are Jate rings

This is what ah was talkin' about...

Can't recover off them though. He needs to buy a pair of jate rings. His 1st post was asking what he needs ter buy.

Ah, that's clearer.
Well, I don't have the teardrop things but you can just about see in the following link that I have 2 brackets welded to the chassis behind the shock mounts so they might be suitable.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10834&ppuser=20565

Failing that, it looks like drilling through the chassis and fitting the Jate Rings, assuming there's enough metal left after getting through the rust ;-)

Thanks guys.

redhand said:

Can't recover off them though. He needs to buy a pair of jate rings. His 1st post was asking what he needs ter buy.

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Ah thought he was on about where tae mount them Red! Ah know ye can't recover from these, but it was just tae show him where the shackles would go

Shackles have been mentioned and I have these attached to my winch bumper at the front but the rear doesn't have a bumper as such and I can't see anywhere obvious to fix anything to.

Can anyone advise where / how I'm meant to attach shackles or some sort of rear recovery point to a 1985 LR90?

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Holes are already there. the rings were originally designed to allow Landies to be slung underneath an helicopter. and that's where the back ones were fitted.

OK Red, a pair of Jate Rings on my shopping list.
Ta.

Cant you use the rear tow hitch?

Or, the two wee 'handles' that most have fitted where the bumperettes go?

boydy1989 said:

Cant you use the rear tow hitch?

Or, the two wee 'handles' that most have fitted where the bumperettes go?

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Them two wee handles are only aluminium tubes, probably just tear off if ye tried tae recover the motor usin' them

He int got a towhitch fitted and no he can't use the bloody handles on the back!! Mainly cos he int got any fitted.

Well, following a quick look at the landy this morning, I can happily fit a Jate Ring on the left hand side - the holes are there and OK.

On the right hand side, it's a different story. The chassis has been plated on the outside so there is no hole and on the inside where it hasn't been plated I've managed to dig a hole big enough to get my hand in where the rot had set in. Looks like I'll need to have some welding done there before trying to fit any recovery point, otherwise I'm going to end up pulling the back of the beast off!

Is it possible to recover with just a single point (albeit sub-optimal)?

Maybe otherwise fitting a tow hitch (for which I already have holes but because of the 3 inch lift they are too high to be useful for towing) would be the next option until I get the chassis welding sorted out.

If you fit a towhitch get a ball and pin not just a ball. but remember the rear cross member is only attached to the rear chassis. If the chassis is rotten and you have to be recovered there is a chance you;ll pull the whole rear crossmember off.

get a nato hitch bolted onto the X member