Offroad-Express

Ok so got a safari, Think I can sort front recovery hooks myself but what about the back? have been looking at Pintle Hooks that bolt to the 4 holes but are they all good for club use? anybody got pics of there setups? those towball pintles look the goods but cant see my club letting me snatch off the towball...
any help would be awesome cheers

Some people dont like anything but a hook....so proceed with caution

Pintles the way to go mate, nice and strong and your strop never falls off. I think I remember reading that the Saf's have captive nuts behind the crossmember and they can fail but I cant say I've ever heard of a pintle getting ripped out of the back of a Saf, somebody will know?


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Congrats on the new truck

The towbar pintle hooks that Stinky sells are rated to 5 ton and this includes snatching



The shaft on these ones are a lot bigger than a standard towball

Not sure about a Saffi chassis but I know with a Toyota like mine if you snatch pull from that part of the chassis you will bend the rear cross member. They are not designed for this and on the SWB versions are an open [ section for 150mm rather than a box.
Much more robust to have two hooks off the back of each longitudinal chassis rail.

My chassis is bent through the rear cross member and that is only from mounting a narrow tow bar from those bolt holes and then having leverage occasionally applied when I forget to remove it when I go 4wding.

i put a bracket on those captive nuts then a hook in there in pulling a range rover out of a bog , bowed the rear x member by five mm , since attached hook to the side of the rear chassis rails

Pretty sure it was doddzee that posted a pic of a Welly truck it that damaged the rear crossmember using a pintle for recovery, but can't find it.

I would try to mount both if unsure, especially if intending to do outings with other clubs, or at least check with clubs you intend to join, as some will not accept anything other than a rated recovery hook, but others may accept the pintle

Make yourself a rear bar attached to the chassis and those four captive mounts on the cross member. I have my tow hook set up like a hayman reese type that has a pin that hold it in the box channel on the bar. That way the pull is evenly distributed equally through the chassis and cross member.
Al

Pig Farmer ripped a pintle off and half his bumper so make sure its strong enough to take it he has since made it alot stronger
i have two tow hooks mounted to a c channel bumper mounted where the bumper brackets attach to chassis