recovery point gu
Submitted: Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 13:49
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was wondering how to get an extra recovery point to front of truck similar to factory point for 98 patrol. Been told Arb points do not fit chassis holes.
Reply By: Pete G - Monday, May 26, 2003 at 19:04
Monday, May 26, 2003 at 19:04
Both a Nissan dealer and 4WD
shop have told me that the standard Nissan GU points were OK for recovery - yeah
well now I don't feel too comfortable.
OK Folks it is time to sort the bull---- from the
hay.
I recently was pointed to the site Pirate4x4.com for the recovery bible. From what is contained here it can easily take a pull of Loaded Weight plus 50% gently applied to recover a vehicle. At
Easter I saw with my own eyes a guy get into serious trouble despite him seemingly being
well equipped with a winch - naturally mounted on front of vehicle. (won't go into that anymore now suffice to say that being unable to winch back the way he went in, the whole vehicle ended up down bank hanging from the winch cable and resting against a tree. He had buggered the clutch in the winch in the process)
It was this situation that makes one think about things - he did not have a snatch block or for that matter enough gear to rig himself out of the initial predicament which subsequently got worse and worse. In actual fact looking at the contents of the average retail pack of recovery gear one has to wonder. The importance of understanding the loads applied and the ratings of the gear cannot be under-estimated. Even the professional recovery that was engaged by him arrived without enough gear!!!.
Enough said can anyone please advise what loads the standard Nissan front point and the rear eye (on step under doors) are rated for.???.
From the info seen in the above website anything under 5.0ton SWL would be pretty risky. On top of this one would have to factor in any additional loading due to snatching techniques.
Regards
PeteG (member but don't advertise fact)
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