Tow hook install

Sorry. My post about the receiver adapter was supposed to be funny.

 

Hey that's my pic lol. I bent the hook because I was stuck to the frame in quick sand with 3 fullsize trucks pulling at the same time. The other hook also got bent. I was stuck so bad my warn 9000i winch with pulley would stall. Eventually got out after wrapping the frame multiple times with a grade 80 chain then tying it to a strap with 5 trucks pulling.

The hooks were mounted on my 1985 fullsize bronco on 35" boggers.
I later built a front hitch and haven't had anymore problems.

 

Some days my humor button is turn off Those billet recovery points are nice, but when I am in the middle of doing stress analysis on work projects, I get kind of focused.

The dog getting chipped was a major time killer since he took up with some through hikers a few days ago and was headed towards Maine, I had to take off work and go rescue him.

Howard

 

A buddy took the hook install a different direction, still off the shelf parts but a little cleaner look:

The hook is fastened to the bracket with a grade 8 bolt then the hook is WELDED to the bracket, painted, then and the assembly is reinstalled with the factory bolts.

 

I'll have to remember to avoid the "Dog Microchip" mod when I install my new hook!

 

That would be the microchipped dog...and that is not a Tacoma either

 

Pretty dog!

 

Thanks...since his exact genetic makeup is unknown (mother was a Springer Spaniel, and a DNA of one of his litter mates is inconclusive), we call him a Unaka Mountain Red, since we live near Unaka Mountain.

 

Does anybody on here know if the bolts on the TRd Sport that hold the the “eye loop “ for transporting are the same bolts that I should use when installing the TRD OR tow hook ? Please and thanks

 

would not use this for recovery, 11,200 pound breaking strength, a vehicle stuck could easily exceed that. A good shackle has a WWL (working load limit) of 4 3/4 tons. breaking strength should be 3 times the WWL. Crosby shackles. www.rigging.com has lots of good info

 

They’re not the same length, the TRD OR tow hook bolts are longer.

 

Great thanks .. I ended up buying a set from local dealer.. have it on my Sport now

 

What size are the bolt head?

 

That's a quick way to the hospital or morgue. There's plenty of examples of what can happen when a recovery point fails from the sheer force of the tow line rebounding and flying back into the vehicle performing the recovery, let alone a vehicle sliding if this is a recovery on a slope.