Recovery Points

John this hook you are talking about is only welded on i was told this is not sufficient for snatch recovery
derraux

Mate,
That's what it's put there for (recovery use). I had occasion to use mine a couple of times, no problems.
As I said, go to the Pajero Club forum. There are some very knowledgeable people there.

Eric did yo u have to drill into rail and is this allowed
Derraux

we didnt drill anything, we just 10" steel plate to the shape of the side rail drilled holes were the bolts for the bullbar bolt onto , made a sloted hole at the bottom were our shackle goes into

Eric Thanks for that will have a go at that do you just use a rated d shackle in that
derraux

Eric forgot to ask how thick was the plate you used
Derraux

sorry above i stated 10" instead of 10 mm lol , Yes ratted shackle on the end . If your handy with metal , make a u bracket to bolt to both sides of the chassis , then wield your end piece on , make sure , its a very heavy duty wielder , it must penetrate all the way through . if you are in melbourne , I would be more than happy to wield it on for you .

Eric Thanks but unfortunantly im in W.A I assume u mean make u braket out of 10m plate bolt to both sides of chassis at bull bar mount then add a piece of 10mm plate for shackle making sure u weld penetration is good enough to take load, thanks for all your help it's been great
Derraux

Eric,
I fail to see how a piece of 10mm plate, which you cut to shape, can be "rated". Do you have an engineers certificate for the bracket?
The fact that the original hook is welded on is irrelevant. Even current model Pajeros have the recovery hooks (loops actually) welded on to the front. Some time back an article was published in one of the 4wd mags (have a copy if you wish) where Mitsubishi Australia engineers tested these recovery points to see if they would fail in real world use. They passed with flying colours. They were also looking to see if repeated recoveries would distort the monocoque structure. Again it passed with flying colours.
Derraux, I would feel much safer doing a recovery with the manufacturers recovery hook than I ever would using an "unrated" bracket I made up.
John

All good questions Mr Bitchi .

The post did go from left to right . lol

In my first reply I said to make sure he gets a ratted point . Then the question was asked , of how we do it . This is why i explained what WE do .

If you fit a Steel plate that is thicker than the chassis itself and is fitted with the correct bolts , it dosnt need to be engineered , there is no welding to xray or inspect .

My second suggestion of a u shape braket , that requires welding , I asked if he was in Melbourne so I could do it for him. All the brackets i make are done at A.G.E . which we are lucky enough to have all the latest CNC machines and yes they are engineers.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the clarification Eric, but I still don't see why you (and others) don't think the standard recovery point is up to the task.
John

John , check my replies , I never said that they wern't lol . i just informed of what we do . Reason for this ? If we dont recover , we dont feel we have gone hard enough lol.
Have had to winch and snack My mates paj so many times this year it isnt funny, not due to the cars ability mind you . It's all go to do with how mad he is . Want to climb everything and go through everything . Some of the forum members know who i am talking about lol.

Pat thanks for that ill have a look at that option too I assume you are allowed to drill through legaly