Rear Recovery Point in Tow Hitch

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And if you have a heavy duty strap such as ARB 11000Lb they wont fit staight into a reciever anyway.

And there is the crux of the problem, a snatch strap rated to fail at 11000lb.......... hmmmmm, thought that was going to be 11 000 kg :-) Anyhooo, that is the crux of the problem. Snatch straps used to be rated to fail at 2000kg. Now the common ones are rated to fail at 5,000 or 8,000 kgs. Some are 11 tonnes or more.

Snatch straps are relatively light and relatively soft. They are probably pretty dangerous by themselves. They can be very dangerous launching something else that is heavy and hard.

If something has to fail I'd rather it be the strap, and not a shackle, a tow point, a bullbar, a tow bar, a recovery point or a chassis.

Just my opinion. My practical solution is to fit after market front points to our GQ in place of the factory single front hook, to spread the load to both rails (important in my view), and to buy the billet and shackle, as well as a plain steel pin. I only intend to do moderate snatches as either snatcher or snatchee, otherwise more digging and maybe some winching.

My set up is intended to make the other party happy. Likewise if I am recovering someone else, I will be happy that:
-I am not going to wear any part of their vehicle
-there is a clear understanding of who pays if either vehicle or the gear gets damaged
-they have some genuine understanding of the risks.

I fully expect that this will mean some people I meet that have failed to proceed will be paying for a commercial recovery. It has not been my experience so far, but evidence on this forum and elsewhere is that the ill prepared are also the ill inclined to put their hand in their pocket or help pack and clean up, when something gets broken recovering their vehicle.

As I said, grumpy tonight :-)