this is stoopid

[briggie]

i have a brilliant car and we have loads of snow , but ... ive been using the disco ... why i hear you ask ...... because if i get stuck in my mistral im fuffed ... i dont have a front towing hook ( because of the massive oil cooler fitted ) ...... and i dont have a towbar .....its really nissing me off because i wanna play in the snow with sally

[11redrex]

Don't get stuck then ? Stay on the roads, don't push it, you'll be fine.

[kbekl]

i thoght all cars had to have 2 tow points 1 front and 1 rear ??

[Adz]

I wouldnt risk the disco

Ya Mistral has 2 recovery points at the front & rear of the chassis

Now go play

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Adz

I wouldnt risk the disco

Ya Mistral has 2 recovery points at the front & rear of the chassis

Now go play

i think the front tow thingie ( technical term ) was " removed " to make way for the ferking great atf cooler ... well the rac man couldnt find anywhere to tow it anyway .... as for the rear one .... fuff knows ... rac wont tow backwards anyway he said

[kbekl]

Originally Posted by briggie

i think the front tow thingie ( technical term ) was " removed " to make way for the ferking great atf cooler ... well the rac man couldnt find anywhere to tow it anyway .... as for the rear one .... fuff knows ... rac wont tow backwards anyway he said

pete if you get stuck that badly you need rac you wont have a little van come for you lol you will have a flat bed and they have winches lol

[thor]

I think you will find that the ones on the front are really for tying down the vehicle....I think this was gone into in some depth at least a year ago...I'll see if I can find it.

[briggie]

rac man couldnt find it when my brake flexi pipe broke

[kbekl]

you shouldn't drag these forward any way iirc manual says rear wheels off the ground

[briggie]

Originally Posted by kbekl

you shouldn't drag these forward any way iirc manual says rear wheels off the ground

you mean attach it to my bull bar ? ...... is that safe ?

[Adz]

Originally Posted by briggie

you mean attach it to my bull bar ? ...... is that safe ?

NO

He means that the rear should be off the ground coz its an auto & towed on a dolly

You should be able to be pulled backwards easy enough

But why all the talk when ya still typing Get out & play

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

er no front pigtail is for h/d recovery. what look like rings at rear for tie down
are also h/d for recovery, ideally with a bridle strap between 'em.

possible front piggy lost or not fitted as can interfere with bull bar mounting.

would suggest for dragging onto a flat bed, part of the lower a frame would do
afterall some bull bars have 50 mm balls mounted for shunting trailers etc.

after that imagine could get a strap round IFS sub frame. looked at that on
an ambulance yesterday but the strap in tension would have ripped his
spoiler/bumper/bib off, or atleast damaged it.

Pete has it always had that bolted bar across bottom of a frame just under
plastic bumper? reckon could use that ideally very close to chassis rail
mounts or even round the the tube just as it starts to go up.