Recovery Points

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Someone said in the closed post that they hadn't seen any reports of Prado points failing. Well a couple of weeks ago on Fraser my son recovered a 06 (I think) Prado with the older style points (welded on - not through the chassis), with his Patrol. I didn't get a chance to say no before it was too late. The point failed and hit his rear shock, destroying it. He said he was being very gentle with the tow. It turned out that the steel base it was welded to had rusted a little and the point straightened.

Without a doubt the older style tie down points shouldn't be used. He was lucky the shackle stayed low.

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06 had welded thru chassis points. Maybe earlier 05?

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06 had welded thru chassis points. Maybe earlier 05?

No changed in 06, my December 05 had them welded underneath. I suspected change would have been September 06 when most of the changes happened.

Cheers Andrew

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Recovery Points

I have a mates jan 06 that says otherwise sitting in one of my car parks..
Full thru chassis welded points.

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Here's a photo of my Mar06 built Prado points.....