Age old question dude. no one really has any decent solutions, apart from a few crazy fab jobs. Check out some of the plates made by APIO. but good luck getting one.

Personally, i use an equaliser strap with a couple of shackles. I just advise people to go real easy on the snatch as its not a landcruiser etc. Mind you I have a winch, so theres very few times when this has happened.

the club doesnt accept?? so what? they kick you out if you dont have one? this is why I hate clubs. You got a zook, you wont get bogged.



oh and btw... use the search next time
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35953&hilit=recovery

Perhaps when you come down off your pineapple express disco biscuits your ego will change too. "you have a zook, you won't get bogged". Ah huh, your input / effort has been greatly appreciated. I could pull my pee pee and tell you "i've owned zooks for years, they never get stuck, they go ANYWHERE!", good on ya! It's not the first Suzuki I've owned, probably won't be the last. I've also got a ARB bar on my Sierra, but you don't care about them recovery points, which has been a cut bar with re-inforced eyelets with 10mm steel plate bolted straight into the chassis rails. Obviously the Jimny has a retarded front end design / arb design. I do however hate the fact that ARB have built / designed an expensive bar that doesn't incorporate rated / strong recovery points. Luckily for us the bar was on the car prior to buying, otherwise I may have not purchased this style bar if it was needed.

You hate clubs, that's great. Couldn't care less. They won't kick me out, I was a founding member of it years ago and we have a constitution that has ways and means of removing people. Guess you wouldn't know cause you cowboy about and probably don't contribute or care that the affiliated clubs help fight to save tracks and areas. This topic isn't about that, maybe another day over a beer. The club has a safety officer, as most clubs more than likely do. Rated recovery points front and rear are a constitution requirement, and I have no issue with that.

Only 12ish months ago we had a 17 year old die when a booty fab towbar exploded on a snatch, went through the rear window of the recovery vehicle and into the back of his head, whilst he was sitting in the back seat. 15+ teenagers are now scarred for life, seeing one of their mates with his brain and mucus splattered everywhere. This was at 2 a.m with no phone reception and 1.5 hours of track to re-negotiate prior to getting to a gravel road, They had to cart his fucked up head all the way out. A 'rated' towpoint mainly comes down to common sense, bolts over welds etc.

Equalizer strap and shackles was my immediate thought, as they truley are a shit design in the front. It's only my partners car, so it will only ever be used for light camping, long distance trips that aren't hardcore. My lux diffed Sierra is the heavy towing/recovery vehicle.

Cheers Mike57, short and helpful.

I will give you some credit scales, I'm sorry I didn't search, I didn't come up with that post that really isn't that helpful, and I'll be sure to not let you know my solution when I nut it out for myself.

Superduki.

Scales was wrong though, it's the people in these clubs that make most people not want to be in one with their all high and mighty attitudes towards everything. As confirmed in your post.