Si Click

Si Click

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My original bumper is in good shape and I'm not yet ready to replace it with an HD one. So forward recovery points are an issue. I carry a cunning device made by Nomad that is designed to go around the front axle, and that should be fine in extremis; but it could damage the original bumper. So I would like something a bit more straightforward and mounted with a clear line of sight to the recovery vehicle.

Hence the question;
Does anyone make a D2 steering guard that has recovery points?

Before everyone launches in and tells me to get an HD bumper and lift the truck 4" on massive wheels, I am not a dedicated P&P off roader, but an overlander and occasional Green Laner who has so far managed to avoid getting stuck.
 
Si Click said:
My original bumper is in good shape and I'm not yet ready to replace it with an HD one. So forward recovery points are an issue. I carry a cunning device made by Nomad that is designed to go around the front axle, and that should be fine in extremis; but it could damage the original bumper. So I would like something a bit more straightforward and mounted with a clear line of sight to the recovery vehicle.

Hence the question;
Does anyone make a D2 steering guard that has recovery points?

Before everyone launches in and tells me to get an HD bumper and lift the truck 4" on massive wheels, I am not a dedicated P&P off roader, but an overlander and occasional Green Laner who has so far managed to avoid getting stuck.
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Have a look at this on craddocks......
JC737 - Steel Steering Guard Discovery 2 (johncraddockltd.co.uk)
 
kevstar said:
Have a look at this on craddocks......
JC737 - Steel Steering Guard Discovery 2 (johncraddockltd.co.uk)
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Thanks. Shame Craddock provide no information on it, nor can I find any other reference or review on the net. That looks like the sort of thing I'm after, but there is a difference between a towing eye and a recovery point. Think I might give Ian Dixon a ring to see if his standard D2 plate would be mounted strongly enough for recovery and if so, could he weld a decent recovery point onto one. Cheers
 
JUKE179r said:
I don’t know how much I’d trust a steering guard plate’s recovery point on these heavy beasts. js…
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Quite!
That one seems to come with tiny, mickey mouse bolts, which wouldn't hold anything. I'd only use them to hold it in position while it was welded onto the chassis or whatever.
The shackles look a bit flimsy too. Tie down points are one thing, recovery points another!
 
Si Click said:
Thanks. Shame Craddock provide no information on it, nor can I find any other reference or review on the net. That looks like the sort of thing I'm after, but there is a difference between a towing eye and a recovery point. Think I might give Ian Dixon a ring to see if his standard D2 plate would be mounted strongly enough for recovery and if so, could he weld a decent recovery point onto one. Cheers
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It was the only one I could find but lack of info/spec an better pics would convince me to look
else where, any joy with Dixon's. :)
 
Nothing yet. I sent him a written message, but they are busy guys and it will probably take a while to get a response.
I'm not in a rush. We will be touring the Outer Hebrides this summer and other than the occasional campsite it will be 99.9% on road.
 
Si Click said:
I'm not in a rush. We will be touring the Outer Hebrides this summer and other than the occasional campsite it will be 99.9% on road.
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Yeah, no chance either of us would need a recovery driving around the Outer Hebrides..........:D
Fortunately, unlike my D2, my son's D90 has excellent recovery points on the front and it was a matter of seconds to pull him out. This happened just outside Benbecula when he gave a little too much room on a single track road and found that there was a hidden ditch.........just like every other road there then. :rolleyes:
Benbec Recovery 2.jpg
 
Mistake made was to try and stay on the same side of the road. If you cross the road so the driver can see what he is driving on to he can position the vehicle really well and avoid problems.
Learnt that years ago in a Mk 1 Cortina on holiday in .........Scottyland!;)
 
He was approaching a driveway on his side of the road (that is the tarmac he is standing on) and turned in to let a large lorry past that was coming the other way. The driveway was quite narrow and his mistake was to turn off onto the grass before the tarmac in order to give himself more room. In fairness, it did look solid, the gully was overgrown and pretty much invisible; but it was entirely predictable that it would be there.
 
What was good though was that pretty much every car that passed while we were setting up the recovery, stopped to ask if we were OK and if we needed any help. :) Nice people on the islands.
 
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