robert
Expedition Leader
Ugh- It's a transit cluster, not a towing cluster. They are designed to be used when securing a vehicle, such as to a trailer, not for vehicle recovery. Typically the frame is not reinforced but simply has an opening that one of the tools will fit into. They are not meant to be heavily loaded, especially shock/dynamic loading. They can rip out. Yes, tow companies use them for recovery but they carry insurance, the vehicle is often trashed at that point anyways and a large percentage of the tow truck operators I've met were borderline morons who did other unsafe stuff as well.
You need to be careful of the screw in inserts as well as most of them are not actually recovery eyes but tie downs. Even the better-quality ones that you may see on race cars are typically designed to be loaded in one direction, such as pulling the car back onto the track, not pulling it at an angle up an embankment.
Vehicle tie downs, primarily on trucks, may be rated as recovery points but typically not and shouldn't be used as such.
I used to pull people out back before everyone went full retard and started suing for everything under the sun. These days, with very few exceptions, unless I know you and we're wheeling together, I'll offer to call you a tow truck. I'm not getting sued or risking damage to me or my truck because someone else can't drive, had the wrong vehicle for the conditions or couldn't be bothered to prep their vehicle beforehand (all too common amongst the brodozer and hi-end SUV crowd who mount winches but have no recovery points, and typically don't know the first thing about winching either).
You need to be careful of the screw in inserts as well as most of them are not actually recovery eyes but tie downs. Even the better-quality ones that you may see on race cars are typically designed to be loaded in one direction, such as pulling the car back onto the track, not pulling it at an angle up an embankment.
Vehicle tie downs, primarily on trucks, may be rated as recovery points but typically not and shouldn't be used as such.
I used to pull people out back before everyone went full retard and started suing for everything under the sun. These days, with very few exceptions, unless I know you and we're wheeling together, I'll offer to call you a tow truck. I'm not getting sued or risking damage to me or my truck because someone else can't drive, had the wrong vehicle for the conditions or couldn't be bothered to prep their vehicle beforehand (all too common amongst the brodozer and hi-end SUV crowd who mount winches but have no recovery points, and typically don't know the first thing about winching either).
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