Potential damage from snow recovery.

They helped you out...You are ungrateful.

 

Your truck is fine. Your frame isn’t that weak. I wheel the shit out of my 3rd Gen with a bunch of other Toyotas and Jeeps. We’ve done plenty of recoveries.

Your hitch mount is about the strongest place he could have hooked up to and since your vehicle did get yanked out there was a lot of give. Even with your truck in park. It was on snow.

Frame on body vehicles are very resistant to twisting and torquing. That’s why they’re
sought after for off roading and towing. I wouldn’t worry at all.



I wouldn’t let anyone hook a tow strap or recovery strap to my truck unless it was kinetic. That’s just asking for it.

 

haha im very easy to bait, you should ask my friends

 

i know it is, thus is why i am here asking for advice and anecdotal input. I trusted these guys to pull me out which they did up until the point the started miscommunicating leading to what happened. I didn't hop out of the truck and try to square up with the guy and ask for insurance or fight him, no i moved on and continued the rest of the day. Now i am at home and posted here to ask my fellow tacoma owners what they think and what they have experienced, which is what most people in this thread are doing and it is useful to me.

 

im sure ill get roasted for it but i dont know of it was a tow strap or snatch/kinetic. it did have those loops on either end wrapped in black cordura-like cloth. they did hook it up basket style to shorten its overall length so im not sure if that is something you can do with a snatch strap.

 

bumper gaps appear to be equal, bed gaps are unequal by about 0.3 inch. right side being closer to the cab than the left. reference point being the metal trim bar on the top of the bulkhead to the cab. again not sure if its just the bed being not true to center axis. (please guys dont take this as paranoia, i am just reporting my findings)

 

Why has no one said eff this joker for wrecking that sweet Hilux?

 

ah shit, so the guy did use the wrong equipment. #TIL

 

use what you have, with care )

 

to be fair 1st gens are way tougher. good to know you and the truck are all good

 

Was mentioned pages ago.

You yank with a snatch strap, never a tow strap.

 

I have a few of these in my truck:

so even if it claims to have "stretch and recoil" they must never be yanked? honest question btw

 

Only tow with a flat tow straps.(edit with non kinetic properties).

Only yank with a kinetic rope.


I have both. Different tools for different jobs.

 

It's fine, I do this all winter

 

I was going to say tinker toys but paper mache is way better. Well done sir!

 

Snatch straps don't only come in the form of a rope.

Some snatch straps are flat as shown above.

Simply put, use straps/ropes as described by the manufacturer.

 

OP, take it to a frame shop. The laser machine is usually about ~150$ to check the frame.

 

snatch straps and kinetic rope aren’t the same thing.

There is a lot more shock in both vehicles with a snatch strap. They’re only rated for less than 5 pulls by most manufacturers. They’re more prone to failure or breaking and bending recovery points.

I won’t yank or let anyone yank my vehicle with a snatch strap. Technology has improved and I’ll stick with yanking with kinetic rope.