Alternative to tow hooks

matwelli · Post by **matwelli** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:40 am

Alot of the USA trucks have a metal plate around 12mm thick with a 20mm hole and a bow shackle as the tow point for the vehicle, I thinks the yanks call them a "D-ring mount"

I doubt that it would be a cheaper option, but I like the looks of it, and the two front ones could be spaced at the right distance apart to use the same holes for an A-frame.

I would think as long as the bow shackle is rated and the plate is bolted to the chassis with 8.8 bolts everyting should be OK.

Would this be accepted on club runs ?

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:25 am

D-Ring mounts can be ok, but nothing as user friendly as a good mounted easy to get at HOOK with keep to stop rope from coming off , eg; try using a D shackel when it's under water or buried in mud or shingle . A well marked (fluro arrow or tape) hook is easy and quick to find and idiot proof . Most well set up Vehicles will have both set up's .I like to use the KISS principal ------ keep it simple,-- stupid .
GET DIRTY, FITZY.

toymudlux · Post by **toymudlux** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:06 pm

i couldnt use hooks as factory nuts were stripped so got a mate (engineer) to make this for me its 16mm plate with six high tensile bolts bolted through with 10mm backing plate on back of chassie rail . he also wedged the eyes to build the weld to the plate for max strength .
its also higher than tow hooks and easy to get at.
will post pic when sort it out (and not so hungover)..
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albundy · Post by **albundy** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:06 pm

I have ths set up on the rear bar along with a centre mounted towhook. The d shackles go through a piece of steel about 15 mm thick and they are in turn welded to the channel steel bar. They are inline with the chassis and are primarily used for winching as it evenly distributes the load.

factory nuts were stripped

I had same problem but just retapped the holes.
Al

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:30 pm

albundy wrote:
factory nuts were stripped

I had same problem but just retapped the holes.
Al

Al, please tell me you're not using re-tapped stripped factory anchors for mounting hooks to? :shock:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:47 pm

this would i suspect something the new committee would need to discuss...ideally we want towhook/pintlehook standards

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:33 am

Al, please tell me you're not using re-tapped stripped factory anchors for mounting hooks to

No Steve, I retapped the holes they came out of and put new ones in. Thing is I couldn't do it metric as my tap and die set only had imperial at that size. Don't worry Stevve, not the dodgy brothers you know. They won't come out.
Al

matwelli · Post by **matwelli** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:26 pm

fair enough point about the tow hook/pintle being a recognised and agreed apon standard, makes compliance easy to check, as opposed to having to work out if the d-ring setup has been engineered corectly, thanks for the thoughts.