A place to mount tow hook on GU

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exactly, if stuck, one has to make sure that the unsticker is happy with the attachment point. And the stuck has to be happy that they are not going to wear the unsticker's attachment point.

Most people seem happy with the pin in the hitch receiver or the various bars and hooks that fit in it, so the front points are the focus. There are different views about the factory hooks, so regardless of my personal view on the factory hook, I am taking the opportunity while fitting a second point, to also provide an alternative that everyone seems happy with. :-)

I have a personal view about those 45000 kg hooks used with other gear fail rated to 8 tonnes or greater eg the usually recommended snatch strap. The wording on the hook packaging and the hook looks like a fail rating rather than a safe working load, and the ones I have seen certainly do not say it is a SWL. To a degree this is borne out by the testing done in Kiwiland that I linked in the Recovery Point thread. I suspect most if not all are cast as cheaply as possible who knows where. Yet plenty of people use them. There is provision to bolt them to recovery plates - yours Ross, and mine.

As for snatching as a last resort, I have only ever used them in sand, with or without a bit of sand excavating as the circumstances seem to dictate. It might be a last resort for me in the sense of first asking 'Is it in 4wd?' 'Are your hubs locked?' (often the answer is oops or how do I check?) 'Are you happy with your tyre pressure?' 'Now we have sorted that, how about we move a bit of sand and give it a push (with people power)' and then 'OK, where is your strap and where do you think it should be attached?' (to which the answer is sometimes a variation of 'I have been meaning to get one of those....')