I would fit some sort of spreader plate, but then again I wouldn't fit that - looks fairly cheap and nasty to me.
 
I have a pinball towbar which works well enough as a recovery point. Nice and convenient as you can just drop the pin through the shackle on the tow rope. Plus it's useful for towing things :p
 
er ... we already made a few .. ;) We also sourced a few of the larger pins and shackles in the pictures so one would come with them.

No idea what to charge for 'em, if you want one make an offer, at the worst we'd laugh and snort with derision, at best you'll get a decent bit of kit at a good price. We now know they work extremely well. We've recovered loaded Disco's, Defenders, I've moved a 'dead' Disco without wheels with mine and a shrubbery with no issues.

We could either post it out couriered or bring your vehicle to us and we'll fit it, but it's dead easy really. Only thing we'd recommend is to use a spreader plate behind the cross member .. if you have a towbar fitted it should already have one that fits, both ours had!

My new (old) Defender .. ;)

Not made drop plates for a tow bar yet, but will be bringing it forward if you wanted one. The receiver is standard 2" x 2" so if you wanted you could buy a drop plate elsewhere to fit ..
 
You need NATO hitch spreaders

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simonm15 said:
I don't really understand the benefits of a NATO hitch! I know they are very popular though.
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There are many.

But yes, as someone posted above with a picture. You'll need a spreader plate. There is a recess for one on the crossmember. This is simply to prevent the bolts pulling through, as the crossmember itself isn't made from very thick metal.

Plate probably wants to be circa 5mm thick.

You'll also want to use some High Tensile bolts. As they have a high shearing strength. Normally you'll see them stamped with something like 8.8 on them.

As for the recovery point you listed. There is nothing wrong with it, but you'll still need something to attach a rope to it. In which case, you might as well go for some standard chassis shackles instead.

Sometimes called Jate rings:
http://www.paddockspares.com/pm786-jate-rings-pair-forged-and-galvanised.html

Fitting a Nato hook on the crossmember is a good idea. As the nato hook is enclosed, i.e. the rope can't slip off of it, like it can on a tow ball. But also they are large enough to simple open up and sit the rope in, you won't need any D/Bow shackles to connect a rope with.
 
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