Tow points
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Well what do you want a tow point for? As in, what sort of activity. Is it only for if you break down? Or do you plan to off road at any point?
How do you plan to attach something to the vehicle to tow with?
There are a number of options. Do you have a budget in mind? Eg some bumpers can have recovery points, some steering guards do. Jate rings are another option. Or there are many ways of fitting other kinds of recovery point or hook.
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There are no tow hooks on the front.
However, you have a 'ladder chassis' which is the strong point which you can fit some (yourself) to.
Here's a pic...
They can also be fitted at the rear.
Part number is RRC3237 and cost from around £15 to upwards of £40.
The lower cost ones are OK
However, you have a 'ladder chassis' which is the strong point which you can fit some (yourself) to.
Here's a pic...
They can also be fitted at the rear.
Part number is RRC3237 and cost from around £15 to upwards of £40.
The lower cost ones are OK
styleruk
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I'm thinking standard tow points for recovery if I break down again, I don't offroad the old girl, use her for simple pleasures like taking my dogs to woodlands etc... So very unlikely I'll be pulled out of deep mud. Simple on road towing for when/if I break down again. I noticed a couple of mounting screws that look to be in the right place to fit a bracket to for towing but thought I'd ask around first. Nothing glamorous or too expensive, just original and practical.
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Pic below of her. I had some electrical issue I was trying to solve and broke down round the corner, my brother towed me home, we had to loop round the bumper as there was nothing else to connect to safely. On the chassis, there is a threaded hole but nothing on that, I was thinking I'll knock up a sturdy steel plate to screw to that or buy one if it's easier. I can also weld one on if that's how it was done, but thought, it's always worth asking around first. (many minds better than one of course)
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So as others have mentioned. Land Rover never supplied or sold the Defender model with any form of front tow or recovery point. Something you might consider odd given the type of vehicle it is.
There should be a lashing eye at the front used to tie the vehicle down and in a pinch move it on level terrain, rather than off road recovery. It should have looked a bit like this but assume is missing from yours?
But as said, they are not a good or safe recovery point really and could easily be snapped off for anything other than a very gentle tow on tarmac.
The jate rings mentioned above would have been the next best thing and available as an accessory from Land Rover. Genuine ones are one piece hoop like the image in the post above. Cheaper aftermarket ones are welded but work just as well.
But as said there are lots of options. A military style bumper with a pin in or some bumper have hoops that sit below.
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that looks the best option, I'll order one and fit it next time it's up on the ramp. Not that I'll be expecting to be towed much but it's always useful to have one and this one looks a lot better.
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The ring looks better by far, I'll go for this. Thanks for advice.
The jate rings are far better and are what I have fitted to mine. However, having just fitted a set of jate rings all around to the station wagon I currently have a pair of the factory tie downs as pictured by @300bhp/ton in the scrap pile if they are any good to you.
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bugger, just ordered a pair
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They are NOT tow points, they are tie downs ... so the car doesn't fall off the trailer during delivery etc.
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+1 on that. Recovery is a long way away from what a tie-down point can take. Even a tow ball can become detached and fly hard and a long way.
Don't risk anything like that.
Jate rings are the way to go.
styleruk
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Already ordered+1 on that. Recovery is a long way away from what a tie-down point can take. Even a tow ball can become detached and fly hard and a long way.
Don't risk anything like that.
Jate rings are the way to go.
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I fitted a military bumper, which has a central tow point. The next best option is a pair of Jate rings, as others have said, used in conjunction with a strop connected between the two rings and a running shackle along the strop for the recovery strap to attach to.
Just thinking about this. Would it be better to have two 1m strops connected to the strap ?? I’m wondering if the strop is designed to cope with lateral pull in its centre. It would probably be fine, but I’m just thinking out loud.
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They are not recovery points but work just fine on the road, takes very little effort to tow on the road.
However, I have jate rings and a military bumper.
