Warn makes them,
but a few people on the off-road list have complained about them.
Don't remember why but they did complain.
-----Original Message-----
From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: Re[2]: DML: towing/pulling without tow hooks
>Cool. That's exactly what I had in mind --slip the pin through the loop
and
>tug away if I ever got stuck (I'm doomed now :-). I thought I saw a mount
that
>slipped in the receiver that was actually just a tow hook mounted to a
tongue
>but I haven't been able to find one in a store... Must have been a custom
weld
>job, I guess.
>
>Tom
>
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>Subject: RE: DML: towing/pulling without tow hooks
>Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
>Date: 5/18/99 9:02 PM
>
>
>Most receivers are class III, rated at 5000 lbs. Your class IV will be
>higher than that. I don't remember what class IV is exactly, but the
>frame-mounted hooks are 10,000 lbs.
>
>Of course, most recovery straps are 20,000 lbs, so it's still capable of
>yanking the hook off the frame if you're careless.
>
>I use the receiver as well, haven't ever had a problem. I'd probably back
>off if either truck was really stuck and wasn't moving with a reasonable
>tug, though. The Central Ontario 4x4 club requires tow attachments front
>and rear, and receiver hitches count. Just get a recovery strap with the
>loops in the end, and put the loop in the receiver and put the pin through
>the loop.
>
>--------------------------------------------------------- Jason Bleazard
>http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario current: '95 Dakota Sport white
4x4
>Reg. Cab V6/3.9L/5spd current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 Club Cab
V8/5.2L/Auto
>RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 Club Cab V6/3.9L/Auto
>
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