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Barrbeast
22-04-2015, 22:06
Replaced the rear recovery point.

Before...

http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p740/barrbeast/Mobile%20Uploads/20150411_153019_zpsk7lc6vkl.jpg (http://s1348.photobucket.com/user/barrbeast/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150411_153019_zpsk7lc6vkl.jpg.html)


After - now that's a recovery point :D (added a double step and moved the trailer electrics higher as well)

http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p740/barrbeast/20150422_180850_zpsglc7ryhp.jpg (http://s1348.photobucket.com/user/barrbeast/media/20150422_180850_zpsglc7ryhp.jpg.html)

http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p740/barrbeast/20150422_180903_zpsay5lpqee.jpg (http://s1348.photobucket.com/user/barrbeast/media/20150422_180903_zpsay5lpqee.jpg.html)

AlexD333
22-04-2015, 22:09
Awesome, looking mean, please hammerite or spray that rear, it will finish it off for sure :sly

solarman216
22-04-2015, 22:21
I think under a serious pull that box it is bolted to will bend, it is not of the same material that the tow bar is made of, just my thoughts, Rick

Barrbeast
22-04-2015, 22:35
Awesome, looking mean, please hammerite or spray that rear, it will finish it off for sure :sly

Alex, your obsessed with hammerite :lol Hammerite is planned but I've got maintenance that's higher up the list.

I think under a serious pull that box it is bolted to will bend, it is not of the same material that the tow bar is made of, just my thoughts, Rick

Even though it's the factory recovery point I did have some concerns myself but it's actually got fairly large bracing to the chassis Rick. A lot of the Aussie's regularly recover from there (either from the dodgy factory point or beefed up points) and Nissan sold the Trols in some of the Arab states with Nato hitches fitted there from standard.

solarman216
22-04-2015, 22:37
hope you are right, Rick

Barrbeast
23-04-2015, 13:28
hope you are right, Rick

Refreshed my memory and did some more checking and it seems the most a handful of the Aussie guys using that point for regular heavy snatching have reported is some bulges appearing around the captive nuts but no bending of the crossmember itself.

I don't plan on using it for any snatching if I can get away with it (controlled recovery all the way) and certainly not regularly! :thumb2

elty001
23-04-2015, 13:53
I looks upto the job mate.
I'm not a fan of snatch recovery or kinetic ropes but sometimes a good snatch is whats needed:naughty:lol

Barrbeast
23-04-2015, 13:56
sometimes a good snatch is whats needed:naughty:lol

Chance would be a fine thing!

Date on Saturday though so who knows :lol :naughty

Fez_uk
23-04-2015, 15:36
Looks good mate, Bet you wonder why you didn't do this before!

Echo some of the words above, I'm not a huge fan of heavy snatching. Winching is a much slower and controlled method of recovery.

Barrbeast
23-04-2015, 20:28
Looks good mate, Bet you wonder why you didn't do this before!

Yep! :lol Cheers bud, should have done it as soon as I removed the bumper lights :rolleyes:

firebobby
23-04-2015, 21:13
Personally I love a good snatch :D

Banshee
23-04-2015, 21:49
Snatch :naughty

solarman216
23-04-2015, 21:57
ping pong balls come to mind, Rick

panelbeater
24-04-2015, 09:17
now do we like a covered snatch or a natural one:D