Recovery Points with Standard Bumpers

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puppysandwich

puppysandwich

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Happy New Year to you all.

I need to add some recovery points to my Disco but I have standard bumpers fitted. So was wondering what would be the best type to fit? I was thinking Jate Rings might be the answer for the back, but what about the frount, is there anything I can use thats better than the standard single towing eye? What do other people use, any advice would be welcome, and Pictures would be even betterl. :)

Cheers.
 
Not sure about the D1, but with my D2 I had to cut the bumper to fit Jates rings. The standard towing eye is NOT good enough.
 
Disco01 said:
Not sure about the D1, but with my D2 I had to cut the bumper to fit Jates rings. The standard towing eye is NOT good enough.
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Yes thats what I thought, so not sure of the best way forward. as said I think I'll be ok with the rear Jate Rings but its the frount I've got problems with.:confused: I'm not intending doing any really serious off roading but intend driving some rougher lanes, I'm still playing with the idea of fitting a discreet winch behind the lower valance, which might help overcome the problem, but I still want a good anchor point in the mean time.
 
the only valance that should ever be on a landrover is this one

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Had a good look at the back end of the Disco today and realised that the Jate rings would need to be fitted to the same point that the Tow Hitch carrier arms bolt to the chassis, I can't fit Jate rings there because if the pull angle was any higher than parallel to the chassis they would foul on the Hitch carrier arms. There are however 2 Rings bolted to in at this point, they look about 8mm thick, I'm assuming these are a standard fit part and the only way I can see a better recovery point being fitted is with a stronger similar ring. Any ideas?
 
puppysandwich said:
Had a good look at the back end of the Disco today and realised that the Jate rings would need to be fitted to the same point that the Tow Hitch carrier arms bolt to the chassis, I can't fit Jate rings there because if the pull angle was any higher than parallel to the chassis they would foul on the Hitch carrier arms. There are however 2 Rings bolted to in at this point, they look about 8mm thick, I'm assuming these are a standard fit part and the only way I can see a better recovery point being fitted is with a stronger similar ring. Any ideas?
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Just use the tow hitch for recovery work. yhe rings are lashing down rings and should never be used for recovering a stuck vehicle
 
puppysandwich said:
Had a good look at the back end of the Disco today and realised that the Jate rings would need to be fitted to the same point that the Tow Hitch carrier arms bolt to the chassis, I can't fit Jate rings there because if the pull angle was any higher than parallel to the chassis they would foul on the Hitch carrier arms.
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I have no problem with mine, I got a tow bar and jate rings...have done many recoverys and been recovered on them
 
Big Stu 12 said:
Heres a pic, hope it helps

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Are the bolts done up tight or left loose? Because as I understood it, the tow bar needs to be secured with the bolts tight, but the jate rings need to have the bolts loose, so they are free to swing. If they were tight then it would put an additional stress on the bolts if it were a little off-straight pull (which admittedly, won't be much given the way you've angled the jate ring and the fact that its underneath the car).

The other downside is they might be tricky to reach in a recovery/stuck situation, when you need to get to them - can always attach a bridle strap beforehand though (if you remember to!)
 
paul_c said:
Are the bolts done up tight or left loose? Because as I understood it, the tow bar needs to be secured with the bolts tight, but the jate rings need to have the bolts loose, so they are free to swing. If they were tight then it would put an additional stress on the bolts if it were a little off-straight pull (which admittedly, won't be much given the way you've angled the jate ring and the fact that its underneath the car).

The other downside is they might be tricky to reach in a recovery/stuck situation, when you need to get to them - can always attach a bridle strap beforehand though (if you remember to!)
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I have two, one on each side and they are tight, and do not swing, I then attach two strops/staps to make a bridle that are 1m long which stay on my landy apart from when they are being cleaned and drying, these I the use a shackel to attach a tow rope, having this set up speads the load between the two jate rings and I dont have to get wet/dirty attaching the towline as its already there, held above bumper level, I do this on the front as well, think you can see this on my avitar.

This I have found to be the best way for me. I have found that using the tow ball some people grease them, the your stapr/rope has grease over them, I removed my tow ball due to its greased lightly and only attach it when i tow my van.
 
I use a ball/pin hitch on the towbar, which is a bit of a different design to yours (bits of angle iron instead of the plate at the sides) which means I've also been able to bolt it up nice and high, out of the way but still giving some protection to the fuel tank.
 
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