Wow. I was just going to say to use a bridle from the tie down loops as an option while you find good recovery points that attach to the frame and not just attach to the horns off the frame.
You made the point a lot more concretely.
I too have been down this road (not the axle-deep burry, just the aftermarket 'recovery point' marketing hook), and even impulsed and installed treaty Oak points....which don't fit shackles on my 07 sport (more a.post 06 than a KDSS thing). . . .
Pre 06 do fit.shackles, but (AFAIK) those were the surface-welded loops. There's SO much internet lore attesting to strength of this vs that but no real data. 1/2" plate steel points look rad but are at BEST only decent when paired and in straight pulls (save Apex, their 3 points of contact over a larger and.suggest (to mine non-engineer brain, pretty stout off of a linear pull...but. . . ). Aussies attest to 150-spec aftermarket bolting up to 120s. The typical 2-bolt.recocery points have inversely proportional use /strength in increasing divergence from straight-line.pulls.
This post recaptures the most arguably convincing dialogue supporting the usefulness and utility of the post 06, welded-through-the-box-frame loops. I have not been able to definitively find a reliable source, hands down, poving those loops are anything more than 'transport loops". Tons of anecdode and lore but no science or support from manufacturers. I have pix from my owners manual in my photo album suggesting they're good for flat towing, bit nothing indicating transport tie downs, nor off road, off-angle recovery.
I pose again for want of data, and while I post the following as internet opinion, it's written convincingly. I'm a biologist not a materials science engineer, so Im happy to be proven wrong if I misunderstand the terminology and interpretation.
Read
this y'all and dissect it.
I've heard from trusted sources the aftermarket are great. I've heard from trusted sources the factory are great.
Let's get to the bottom of the factory tie-down/recovery point discussion!
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