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Alec · February 18, 2003

I'm sorry Mike, time for the

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Mikes95XLT · February 18, 2003

Hmmmmmmm I guess I'll have to double think the tow hook/brushguard thing. Nobody really knows if it will work or not as a tow point.

My roommate also brought up a good point. If I buy the strap with hooks, and the strap breaks, won't it break between the hook and the strap? How would the hook come flying back at me?

Alec · February 18, 2003

If the strap's hook comes off the tow point. The strap doesn't even have to break for it to fly back at you, the straps are somewhat elastic.

brendan · February 18, 2003

You are very wrong there, I smashed the rear end of a 4runner once b/c the guy towing me out had a strap w/hooks and it let go. The hook isn't always necessarily a secure connection unless it's bolted on the vehicle or something like that.

Just for the record, the only reason I was stuck is because I slid off the side of a broken bridge that I tried to crawl over while the 4runner dude punched it and "bounced" over it. Not really legitimate! And we only did $4000 in damage to the 4runner

Mikes95XLT · February 18, 2003

"I see" said the blind man to his deaf son over the telephone....

brendan · February 18, 2003

I had some open-end tow hooks on my 95, just drilled an extra hole and mounted them pointing down b/c I had a brushguard already attached... isn't that what you were asking about before... or maybe that was another post... oh well!

taxx · February 19, 2003

If you do a significant amount of wheeling those open tow hooks from the autoparts stores will break. They are just cast (I believe). A better bet is to get some heavy duty ones from a 3/4 or 1 ton pickup. cheby has a nice set from their 3/4 ton that is open and have proven to be very strong.

Rhett · February 19, 2003

I don't have a lot of experience with tow hooks. One question I have, is that how do you attach a tow strap to those closed tow hooks? I can see how it works with an open tow hook but not a closed one.

And is a closed tow hook better?

JoshC · February 19, 2003

Go back to the first page of this thread, look at the 5th post. It is written by Alec.

MattHarrell · February 19, 2003

Ok, here's a question.

We've got a mountainous road here that can get quite bad in the winter. It's the only way into the valley but the sun never really gets to shine on it except at noon and the plows seem to have problems with it.

Anyway, I've ended up pulling three cars out of the ditch. Now on my truck I have front and rear hitches and a hitch clevis like Alec's. I've also got a hookless tow strap. What should I be attaching to on the cars? Most imports seem to have tie down hooks but I'm not sure how strong those are.

JoshC · February 19, 2003

I would think that most of these little hooks on these cars would be fine for getting someone unstuck, unless all 4 wheels were off the ground! Then in that case i would probably go around a control arm of something that is bolted together.

Rhett · February 19, 2003

Go back to the first page of this thread, look at the 5th post. It is written by Alec.

I read all that. I don't think any of those posts answered my question.

I was asking about tow hooks that mount on the frame, and how a strap is attached to a closed tow hook. Maybe this question was answered? I don't understand??

Robb · February 19, 2003

Josh was making reference to the clevis that Alec showed:

The straight bolt-pin simply unscrews and you place the clevis around the closed tow hook and end of strap, then simply screw the pin back in.

Robb

Alec · February 19, 2003

Those clevises have 2 parts. The screw comes out of the horseshoe, then you assemble it with the hook and strap through it.

kontinu1 · February 19, 2003

i think you put the loop(#1) (on the strap) through the enclosed tow hook, now take the other end of the strap (loop #2) and run it through the loop (#1)creating a knot type thing that tightens down when pulled . just hope the other person doesn't have an enclosed tow hook also.

Alec · February 19, 2003

Originally posted by kontinu1
i think you put the loop(#1) (on the strap) through the enclosed tow hook, now take the other end of the strap (loop #2) and run it through the loop (#1)creating a knot type thing that tightens down when pulled . just hope the other person doesn't have an enclosed tow hook also.

Doing this is ok, but it decreases the strength of the strap by 5-20% depending on who you ask.

JoshC · February 19, 2003

Well you could do that and pray you can get it back apart. Or you can just make a U out of the strap and run both loops back to the clevis, if your strap is long enough.

kontinu1 · February 19, 2003

i usually run the U myself, the strap i have is old and 10 times thicker than what u buy in the stores. It has 2 loops one at each end. I attach one to one hook run it through whatever on thier truck and back to the 2nd hook on my truck.By the way this is my EXPLORER pulling out a JEEP

Rhett · February 20, 2003

hehe. Just as I thought. I didn't know enough to know what I was missing

It seems to me like that clevis thing would be prone to bending under extreme weight, or the silver pin would bend out.

JoshC · February 20, 2003

That's what clevis's are designed for, so i wouldn't worry about it bending or breaking, especially with a explorer on one end.

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