A Closer Look at our Recovery Tow Points for the Prado 250

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[00:00:00]Hi there, Tim from Kaymar. Today, we're looking at Prado 250 recovery points and why you might want to consider installing a set of recovery points on your vehicle.

[00:00:09]Now, if you're looking to tackle some of the tougher tracks or going on some bigger trips, inevitably, you're probably going to get stuck and you'll want a safe and predictable way to recover your vehicle. And that means you need something to attach your recovery gear to.

[00:00:24]Now, these tie-down points that are on most vehicles, they're not suitable for types of loads you're going to see during a recovery. So, for example, this might look quite substantial, but it's attached to the vehicle with this 3-mil plate, which is not going to transfer very much load through to the chassis.

[00:00:38]Cuz what we want is we want the recovery point to offer an attachment point that allows the transfer of any recovery loads through the chassis to the areas of your vehicle that are actually stuck.

[00:00:48]So, for example, your belly, your crossmembers, or your tires. So, what we want in a recovery point is a convenient location to attach any recovery gear to.

[00:00:57]We want to make sure there's clearance.

[00:00:59]We want to make sure that it's optimized for sub-optimal conditions, for example, side loads. And we want to make sure that any connection to that recovery point is done so that it doesn't damage the gear you're attaching it to, for example, soft shackles. We've got the rounded corners on these soft shackles. You can also attach a hard shackle to it. And from there, you can attach your strap, your kinetic rope, or your snatch strap.

[00:01:23]Now, we want to make sure that the recovery point is attached to the chassis properly. On this particular design, we're actually attached in I think five different locations on multiple different planes. What that actually helps to do is strengthen up the chassis as well as ensuring that the recovery point is securely attached. Something we've done slightly differently on the Prado 250 recovery points is that we've put this extra bracing on the side of the recovery points to tie that in with this crossmember. Now, the reason why we've done that is on the newer vehicles, especially, we've noticed they use lighter sections and a slightly different crossmember design, which we feel is susceptible to bending and damage. And that's actually been confirmed by customers and reports out in the field of people actually damaging this crossmember. By attaching to this crossmember, it allows us to transfer these loads more effectively through the chassis as well as side to side now that these two recovery points are connected together.

[00:02:19]Let's have a look at the construction of these recovery points. As you can see, these are quite substantial, really thick sections of steel. This part here is made from billet steel that's been CNC machined into this shape here.

[00:02:30]And up the side and down the back here, we've got extra componentry that's actually welded to the recovery point to get all those attachment points that we talked about earlier. Now, this whole assembly is then powder coated using our three-step process. We sandblast, we zinc prime, and then we put the top coat on. They come in two color options. This is the Tanami red, goes really well with the asteroid gray bash plate.

[00:02:54]But if you're looking for a more discreet color, we also do them in the Aremac gray. These recovery points are independently tested and we rate these to 5-ton working load limit. They come in a pair and we always recommend that you use a bridle where possible, especially when there's side loads involved.

[00:03:11]So, we do consider bullbar compatibility with our recovery points and we try to design them to fit as many bullbar options as we can. And we also have designed them to fit with the factory bumper as you can see here.

[00:03:23]If you're considering these recovery points for your 250 and you'd like some more [music] information, go visit our website kaymar.com.au.

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