I am planning to go wheelin on monday now the problem i have is i have no rear recovery points. No my friends laugh and say that all i have to do is go backward through everything lmfao anyway is there an easy was to get one on my truck (I dont have a hitch)

For a last resort you can use your rear spring hanger, not the shackle, but the hanger as a recovery point.

Put a large enough shackle to reach around both sides, so that it is spreading the load over the entire structure.

But go easy on it.

You can also bolt a tow hook to the rear frame rails, under the back bumper if you have time.

like i dont want to get stuck then have to deal with truing to get a truck around mine and pulling it from the fron one..... plus having to go swiming to find it.

Let me do a little bit of searching. I know a lot of guys do a mod where they attach shackles to the frame.

Like this
http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19458
http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showpost.php?p=235300&postcount=6

yea im going to do that eventually but right now i dont have the time or money for it lol im goin monday i mean i can pic stuff up but i dont think i can fabrcate somthing like those even in a week end

In that case you're SOL for legit tow points.. I can't think of anywhere that's really safe to pull on in the back. I guess just try to get stuck in a way that will allow you to be pulled from the front :P

In that case you're SOL for legit tow points.. I can't think of anywhere that's really safe to pull on in the back. I guess just try to get stuck in a way that will allow you to be pulled from the front :P

Yea like going through everything backwards lmfao and knowing me I WILL PROB GET STUCK expecially my first real time wheeling

Just make sure there are a couple guys in front of you and you'll probably be fine. Avoid anything overly dangerous.. you know the deal :)

hahah and i dont feel like my hummer friend ripping anything off my truck lol

hahah and i dont feel like my hummer friend ripping anything off my truck lol

If you have an AEM intake (Open cone filter)...do NOT go through water too deep, or, fast...as it can splash into your intake and kill your engine.

:D


If you have a FRONT recovery point, you can attach to it, and run the strap, etc, under the truck to the rear if you have to.

Most newbies get stuck by high-centering...you get your tires on either side of a high point (Like between deep tire ruts, etc...), so the frame or a diff, etc...hangs up, with your tires hanging in the air, or with no ground pressure, etc.

Recovery is a light tug/pull to get you off the high-center point.

If you avoid trying to be a deep mud maniac "Hold my beer at watch THIS!" you should be OK.

Hopefully, the guys you wheel with will be level headed and well equipped.

:D

Also, take it easy since you only have one recovery point. As of last week I currently have no recovery points. I snapped the stock hook in half really easy.. Just take it easy, there is plenty of non-conventional recovery points on your X. Like TJ said, just don't do anything stupid and you should be fine. Also, just have your friends go in front of you.

If you have an AEM intake (Open cone filter)...do NOT go through water too deep, or, fast...as it can splash into your intake and kill your engine.

:D
yea i was aking about that last week if u member about the stock intake im prob just going to get a thing of sheet metal and cover the front and bottom of it

and its just in case i like to be prepared. i just dont want to accidentally get stuck and try and get pulled out and end up breaking something

and yea they have done it before they both have hi lift jacks and i mean my friend with the h3 is really into wheelin hes got like 10 grand invested into his truck and my other friend has a Landrover Discovery thats selling it since hes goin to boot camp in like 2 weeks so this is his last time and my first