Axel I would guess

 

thanks, thats kind of what i was thinking but i just wanted to see if any body had any other ideas, especially if the axle is buried.

 

Simply hook onto anything you don't like. It will get pulled loose very quickly.

The ONLY safe and secure location to attach a recovery strap on a unibody vehicle is the factory installed or factory style aftermarket tow points that incorporate a frame reinforcement bracket.

Stop by the junkyard and look for some ZJ factory tow hooks. They are easy to remove and will fit on your Jeep.

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Simply hook onto anything you don't like. It will get pulled loose very quickly.

The ONLY safe and secure location to attach a recovery strap on a unibody vehicle is the factory installed or factory style aftermarket tow points that incorporate a frame reinforcement bracket.

Stop by the junkyard and look for some factory tow hooks. They are easy to remove and will fit on your Jeep.

This. The axle is really about as good a choice as you have with no tow hooks, but you're asking for trouble and I'd be surprised if you could recover something that's buried without bending, tweaking or breaking something.

 

i plan on lifting it this winter and at some point installing hooks, i just wanted to check if there was any other spots to hook to just to get me through the winter. lots of snow

 

It is possible to pull it out backwards safely. You'll need a 30' (and only 30') strap, a D-ring and another vehicle (preferably with a winch).

Lay a 30' strap across the back or front of the seat bases (so the seat is in the direction of recovery), over door sills, and down, close doors, forward or backwards out to a shackle/winch hook - try to keep twists to a minimum... pull... that's the long and short of it... your using the 2 strongest points - seat bases and door sills to pull the car...

Now the 30' is the important part, 20' crushes the door sills (angle too narrow) 40' too long - pulls seats out...

Google "Cruse Recovery Method"

Blah, blah, no liability for me when you **** this up.

 

Seen a guy use The upper c pillar... Didn't work well.

Basically anything thats not a factory recovery hook or using a frame hook is asking to break the crap out of your vehicle.

 

Do not try to pull anything out by the axle, I recall seeing a video where someone tried to recover an xj by the front axle and it ripped the axle out and left the jeep where it was

 

A tow hitch D-ring. Not on the front, but it's better than the axles...

 

I have a rear tow hook with the brackets and bolts. $20 plus shipping and it's yours. I'm in Los Angeles

Click the link to the ad. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/pts/3427417618.html

 

 

thats the one i was thinking of :rofl:

 

Here are the ones I bought from Rugged Ridge.Very easy to install,thanks to a member on here that wrote a sticky on them.

 

How are these mounted?

to OP
get the hooks before anything the way i see it thats more important than a lift and tires

mine

 

You could also go the route of a KOR radiator support with D-rings to get pulled from

http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_6_36&products_id=285

 

thanks all. i know pulling out by the axle good but untill its lifted i shouldnt be getting that stuck. i guess ill be getting hooks soon

 

Being lifted and the capability to get THAT STUCK don't equate.

 

Here are those KOR d-rings. Worked for me so far!

 

Im suprised you dont have hooks first before the lift.. lol I got 2 sets at a JY for $40... Sold one here for $65 and put the other on my 5.9.. If you go to a JY make sure you bring some heat with you.. They will only come off with heat because they have blue locktight on them... Most JY's dont allow heat tho so you gatta sneak it in like I did lol

 

Dont get the Hooks like someone above has with only 2 bolts holding them on. The factory tow hooks have a support bracket with 4 bolts and 2 more on the radiator support.. thing about it

 

I preach the **** out of these things: http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=285

Easy to install in an evening unless your radiator was mounted wrong by the last shop that worked on it (ask me how I know).

As others have said the front axle is about as good as you're going to get without real points. I hauled my zj 20 miles by the front axle when I broke down in the dessert and it was fine, but I was just towing, I wasn't pulling it out of mud or snow.

 

Will the radiator support work if you have the warn brush guard?

Because the mounts for the guard also use those holes. I can take a pic with the cover off if anyone needs to see the mounts themselves

EDIT: maybe they don't use the same holes but I think they do. Does anyone have a pic on the kor rad sup mounted and where it's mounted to?

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Will the radiator support work if you have the warn brush guard?

Because the mounts for the guard also use those holes. I can take a pic with the cover off if anyone needs to see the mounts themselves

EDIT: maybe they don't use the same holes but I think they do. Does anyone have a pic on the kor rad sup mounted and where it's mounted to?

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I have those same fogs

 

 

On the two front "frame" rails there are two bolt point on the bottom where the stock radiator mount bolts up and two bolt points right above that on the sides of the rails that I think are for the upcountry package tow points, thats where the KOR support mounts. I can take pictures at lunch if thats not enough.

 

Thanks guys now I just gotta get of work, crawl under the jeep and see if I can slap one on those on with the brush guard. I can't remember how the guard mounts are mounted XD lol but from that pic I have a bad feeling lol

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If you have the brush guard could you use the front cross bar as a pul point, or is it not that secure?

 

They aren't nearly strong enough to use as even a tow point.

 

If you have the brush guard could you use the front cross bar as a pul point, or is it not that secure?

It would rip out. It's secured well but the mounts are to thin to be used as a pull point. It's not distributed event enough over enough points of the unibody for me to consider it safe to tow from.

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I had to pull off the front D 30 once. Pucker factor 8 but it wasn't stuck too bad. A coupe of pulls got it out with no damage. I would only do this as a last resort but a better option would be to not get stuck or get tow points.