Tow or recovery point?

[Warrenpfo]

I have been given one of these:

I wanted to confirm my thoughts that it is not a recovery point but rather a tow or tie down point. Is this correct?[/

 

[2000UZJ]

For light recovery it is fine, I have broken 3 of these under heavy pulls/snatches. If you do need to perform a heavy pull make sure you have a dampener on the line between the vehicles to keep the line from snapping back violently. It's not a pretty sound when they let go. I honestly don't think many people need to worry about this, but for safety reasons you can't be to safe. The little "d-ring" mount is solely a tie down bracket. Do not use that for pulling/recovery, it will give way at the worst time.

 

[Warrenpfo]

Hmmm

Perhaps best then to remove both the D rings and the one I have pictured that is already on the truck and replace with propper recovery points.

 

[2000UZJ]

I would invest in some Spresso FRB's. I know you are in EU, and shipping may be expensive, but having proper recovery points is vital. Pulling from poorly designed recovery points is never a good idea, heavy or light load. I have never trusted the 100 (even with aftermarket tow points) under heavy pulls. Between the front diff or the recovery point/locations I'm not sure which is a worse design.

 

[Kigiin]

The little "d-ring" mount is solely a tie down bracket. Do not use that for pulling/recovery, it will give way at the worst time.

What is the little "d-ring" mount?

 

[2000UZJ]

What is the little "d-ring" mount?

it's the OEM tie down bracket. Looks like a anemic version of the Spresso FRB. Thinner than a pencil. Should of had one front and rear from factory.

 

[Warrenpfo]

D rings visiable in the below 2 pictures

 

[Kigiin]

Oh, right - forgot about those.

 

[Gottagetone]

If you add an ARB bumper, and possibly others, the supplied bolts are not long enough to include that hook.

 

[AimCOtaco]

Here is the link to the spressofab FRBv2:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/518835-frbv2-frame-recovery-bracket-80-100-series.html

2-4 of those will have you covered!

 

[Warrenpfo]

Sent PM to Spresso already

Would they fit the rear or are they front only??

I will have an ARB rear bumper fitted soon...not sure if it might have built in recovery points?

 

[Yukon LX]

they fit either side on the front and the passenger rear. You can do a little bit of trimming on the rear driver side to make it fit there.

 

[Nottajeep]

If you add an ARB bumper, and possibly others, the supplied bolts are not long enough to include that hook.

Yeap, that was my dilemma too.

 

[Mxndrnks]

If you add an ARB bumper, and possibly others, the supplied bolts are not long enough to include that hook.

Yeap, that was my dilemma too.

I dont follow. Are you referring to the rear ARB? Because I ran those with my front ARB for a couple years before I removed and replaced with the older style recovery bracket. (the ones that were around before Spresso). I didn't have to source different bolts to run those hooks on the front.

 

[spressomon]

^ Just for the record...if you are referring to the original FRB as shown below...then this was my original design for a recovery bracket. I had a batch made from 6061T6 with milspec hard anodization...and then there were a couple other members that offered a steel version of same later on.

My original frame recovery bracket wouldn't fit some of the ARB bumpers...and hence the impetus for the redesign.

 

[Mxndrnks]

I hadn't remembered you did the first run.... man that was a while back. Mine is the same design but in steel. Either from the first or second run after the original.