Extra Front Recovery Point

[nissannewby]

Technically speaking you shouldn't exceed the tow rating either should you? So you can have some rated to 4.5t everyday of the week but the highest any patrol can tow is 3.5....

????????? The OP has installed a second hook on the passenger side chassis rail. I can only assume this is so they can do a major recovery using both!!!!!

But yeah what would Nissan, the OP's 4WD club and the OP know!!!!!!!

I still stand by my original statement as above.

I'm with Yendor. Apart from the fact that anything snatching a vehicle theoretically shouldn't exceed its tow rating in doing so, Nissan and I would say the 4wd clubs use these points as they were designed. They probably weren't designed for tyre deep sticky mud either but they are there for a reason. Sure there are stories of them being straightened but who can be sure they were actually being used correctly in the first place.

It doesn't matter what you believe etc etc everyone is guilty of exceeding something during a recover the only way anyone wouldn't have is if they havent been recovered or recovered someone there selves.