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Stu
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Quote:Pom that looks pretty darn good. Daft question maybe but where is the best place to attach that to the back of a D3? Can you use the holes behind the cover for the towing electrics to attach something like that? Â
The recovery point is behind the towing electrics cover and this is what should be used. Best to avoid using the tow bar if possible as it's not as strong. I've got my cover removed and have left it removed for the last few weeks. Also don't use a cheap nylon tow rope. They are not strong enough. As others have said some strops from lifting and crane with a couple of shackles is ideal. D3 HSE MY05 Auto
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disco_doozle
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Bill Wright wrote:
As I hit town, I saw an ambulance with his blues and twos going stuck at the lights on gradient. Hitched him up to the D4 and towed him to flat ground and off he went to his 'shout". Bill Wright
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| 21st Dec 2010 11:24 am |
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A1GSS
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discoteca wrote: ...Can you use the holes behind the cover for the towing electrics to attach something like that?
Just to clarify this, the "holes" referred to are for the fitment of the towing electrics sockets ...  Not suitable as recovery points.
Use the circular recovery eye (between those two holes) as previously posted by Stu. ____
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| 21st Dec 2010 12:13 pm |
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discoteca
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antoniasdad wrote:discoteca wrote: ...Can you use the holes behind the cover for the towing electrics to attach something like that?
Just to clarify this, the "holes" referred to are for the fitment of the towing electrics sockets ... Not suitable as recovery points.
Use the circular recovery eye (between those two holes) as previously posted by Stu.
Sorry the recovery eye was the thing I was refering to (as have towing electrics anyhow) but couldn't think how to describe it properly yesterday, at least I now know what to call it 
Good call antoniasdad as my poor choice of language might have lead someone to believe that you could loop a rope through the electric socket holes, which probably wouldn't have been good as you say
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| 21st Dec 2010 12:28 pm |
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A1GSS
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| 21st Dec 2010 1:26 pm |
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Bill Wright
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I couldn't believe my ironic luck today.
A bloke and his missus in our village have a 'Pious' and are total tree huggers and anti 4x4. They can't go anywhere as a result of the snow in our village so they'd been shopping by using the train. It's a bit of a hike from the station to their house and they were laden down. I was driving by the station taking my neighbour to work as he couldn't move with his car either. Imagine my surprise when these people stopped me and pleaded with me to take their shopping to their house. I did it for them and drove off with a huge sense of satisfaction that I'd stuck it to them in a most appropriate way.  Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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| 21st Dec 2010 2:09 pm |
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That has got to be far more satisfying than driving off and laughing in their faces
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| 21st Dec 2010 2:12 pm |
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Mr.Pastry
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Seriously impressed with the D3 now.
Last night, I came across an articulated car transporter stuck on a gentle hill on the industrial estate where I work.
I cheekily asked the driver if he would like a tow. He accepted my offer and the rope went on.
Snow mode on.
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I towed him to the end of the estate without any fuss, just let the D3 work it out.
When removing the rope, he announced, "my boss has one of these Discoveries, and he has recovered me once already. They are great".
The guy was on his way & I had that happy grin all the way home.
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| 22nd Dec 2010 9:14 am |
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DaveC
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what does the towed driver do?
do they drive to assist or just steer? never figured that bit out!
seems like what you towed will be a fair bit more than the 3500kg quoted so would be interested to know 
also what strength rope did you use? XC90 T8 R Design Pro
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| 22nd Dec 2010 1:41 pm |
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I agree - though the legalities of road towing differ from recovery towing in all manner of ways - but what is the limit of the D3 for recovery towing?? Wouldn't like to pull the recovery eye off LOL
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| 22nd Dec 2010 3:49 pm |
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trigram
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Stu wrote:
The recovery point is behind the towing electrics cover and this is what should be used. Best to avoid using the tow bar if possible as it's not as strong. I've got my cover removed and have left it removed for the last few weeks. Also don't use a cheap nylon tow rope. They are not strong enough. As others have said some strops from lifting and crane with a couple of shackles is ideal.
Can you explain why the it not a good idea to use the towbar? I was thinking about looping one end of the rope over my towbar, and the other end with a shackle to the recover loop of "the person who is to be recovered" vehicle.. "...I'm so broke I can't even pay attention..."
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| 22nd Dec 2010 4:05 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
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The rope can slip off, over the top of the towing ball.
If you use a shackle through the recovery eye there's no chance of that. ____
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| 22nd Dec 2010 4:08 pm |
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ZacSmith
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DaveC wrote:
seems like what you towed will be a fair bit more than the 3500kg quoted so would be interested to know
also what strength rope did you use?
3500kg is dead weight. You aren't actually pulling 22t straight up, just moving it from stationary.
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| 22nd Dec 2010 4:08 pm |
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Mr.Pastry
Member Since: 24 Nov 2010
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I pulled the car transporter using my big rope (came off an ex royal navy minesweeper that belonged to my employer at the time). It's a long story why my employer had a minesweeper.
The rope is two inches in diameter and almost 50 feet long. It used to be 100 feet long but I cut it & re-spliced the ends to make two ropes. One for me and one for a friend.
When doubled up to shorten the length, it requires big shackles.
Always make sure that the shackles are up to the job.
I always secure any rope with a shackle & never never put a rope over a towball. They do come off.............!!
If I am going to pull or winch something big, I always use a safety loop at either end.
I use a secondary anchor point in case something breaks. This helps to prevent a shackle or rope shooting through someones windscreen or a through a person.
One shackle goes through the recovery eye and one through the ball & pin on the tow bar.
The last heavy thing that I recovered was a fire tender which was bogged down on the front lawn of a golf club.
The only way that I could get it out was using my tirfor secured to an enormouse tree.
Plenty of firemen helping to take turns.
Damned hard work I can tell you.
Many years ago I watched someone recovering a Rangerover with a kinetic energy recovery method.
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| 22nd Dec 2010 9:46 pm |
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DaveC
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your rope must take up best part of your boot!
like the idea of a secondary fix in case of breakage XC90 T8 R Design Pro
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| 23rd Dec 2010 12:05 pm |
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