Adventioneering

While you may feel that you will never get stuck personally,
you may consider that another reason to have sound recovery points
on your vehicle isn’t to be recovered but rather to do the recovering.

Handling a winch takes time, and in many cases a quick snatch with another
vehicle is all that is required for basic extraction. No matter which side
of the equation you are on, you have to make sure your bumper won’t rip off.

If you look on the bottom of your Disco you may see several lashing loops
attached to the frame that look like they are recovery points. They are
not; they are intended to hold the vehicle down onto a boat or trailer
and no more.

You or I weren’t the first to notice this problem; as soon as the English
tried to attatch their military Land Rovers to cargo sleds to get
parachuted over godforsaken places, the problem has been pretty
obvious.

This is their answer; a Joint Air Transport Establishment (JATE) ring.
These rings are rated for recovery. Land Rover has provided at least
three JATE ring attatchment points on the frame of a discovery; two
on each frame rail in the back and at least one on one of the front rails.

You can solve the entire recovery problem by buying at least two JATE
rings, but I chose only to install a JATE ring in the front.

Installation is easy: first, get under your vehicle. On my Discovery,
a jate point was located on the right hand frame rail.

It simply bolts on. Bend it towards the back and tighten it up so it’s
less likely to snag things.

For the back I went with a receiver mounted recovery point. A little bit because
of cost, a little bit because of versability, and a lot because it’s easier
to get at the hitch mounted point than crawl under the vehicle in the mud.

Keep an eye out for the rating on your receiver if you try this on a non land
rover vehicle. Some are only rated for 5,000#. Also, make sure you get
a good hitch pin; this one is rated for 12,000#.