Anchor Points - Advice

[Siecroz]

OK.. so being new to the 4x4 scene... I have heard people mentioning about "Good" anchor points on their vehicles..

Exactly what is a good Anchor Point..

I understand the concept that it is somewhere to strap up incase I would need to be recovered (which owning a frontera could be more often than most).... but is there something special I need to do.. get something welded etc??

Cheers

Sie :?

[jjsaul]

basically its somewhere that a tow rope can be attached to remove your frontera from the mud youve just got it stuck in ....

i dont know much about frontera's but on a land rover the tow hitch will usually do for a for a rear point, and for a front point jate rings are usually best (steel  bracket things attached to the chassis)

it needs to be something strong mounted on the chassis ideally.

[datalas]

Just to further highlight that this needs to be strong,  the majority of ropes / strops used to tow vehicles out have a 6 tonne or so breaking strain,  i.e. it can take a lot of effort to tow a vehicle out of the proverbial, so attaching a couple of eyelets to tinfoil is not suitable.

As has been stated, the chassis is a good place, even then this will likely need some re-enforcing.   Tie down straps are not strong enough I'm afraid to say.

[Bulli]

Have a good look round the frontera. There should be a front recovery loop fitted somewhere. At the rear datalas is right a tow point is best.Ii have seen a good quality tow strap break and shall we just say it was brown trousers for me - i was stood about 20 feet away and nearly rolled up into a ball!
Just check your kit regularily and make sure neither your recovery points or straps are showing signs of damage...oh and strong bow shackles are essential.

[dazzawhipple]

Yep make sure you have very strong recovery points and good straps etc

I busted a 12tonne strap doing a snatch recovey...........wrong bit of kit being used

a good website for straps are www.yellowstrap.com

Darren

[hobbit]

For a snatch recovery a kenetic rope would have been best, very handy tool, also good for towing, had to drag a fully loaded transit the other week, quite painless with this robe, I doubled it cause of the length and it saves a lot of whiplash on the driver and strain on the towing points

A good driver in the other vehicle helps too

[wildsmith]

A rear tow hitch is probably not a good recovery point. Neither the ball or the bracket itself will be designed for the kinds of loads you can easily put on it in a recovery situation. This is especially dangerous if you're using a kinetic rope as the tow ball may well turn into a projectile.

You'll get away with gentle pulls on a tow hitch but I would look for something more substantial. Unfortunately I don't know what that would be on a Frontera.

Jon.

[jjsaul]

A rear tow hitch is probably not a good recovery point. Neither the ball or the bracket itself will be designed for the kinds of loads you can easily put on it in a recovery situation. This is especially dangerous if you're using a kinetic rope as the tow ball may well turn into a projectile.

You'll get away with gentle pulls on a tow hitch but I would look for something more substantial. Unfortunately I don't know what that would be on a Frontera.

Jon.

Yes i was thinking Land Rover tow hitch, in my case a tow jaw bolted with 4 bolts to the crossmember....

Doubt a frontera one is as strong.