Author Topic: rear tow point (Read 3107 times)

sheepaleep · « **on:** Oct 01, 2007, 08:42:01 PM »

i don't have a hitch so i don't have anyway to pull from or be pulled from the rear of my truck... any suggestions

should i just weld a tow to the the frame and call it good?

Duffil · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 08:46:22 PM »

how about a bumper?

DTB · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 08:46:59 PM »

got a pic of your rear end? and i mean that in a totally non-gay way lol

Duffil · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 08:51:06 PM »

Quote from: DirToyBoy on Oct 01, 2007, 08:46:59 PM

got a pic of your ?

wow DTB...where'd that come from?

brainlessfool · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 09:27:16 PM »

Quote from: DirToyBoy on Oct 01, 2007, 08:46:59 PM

got a pic of your rear end? and i mean that in a totally gay way lol

HEY, you better not be looking around while I'm here!

sheepaleep · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 09:29:45 PM »

how's this?

sheepaleep · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 09:42:23 PM »

i would just get a marlin rear bumper, but i plan to make a tube/flat/truggy sorta bed or bob and dovetail it.

so i am looking for something more temporary and more simple

DTB · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 04, 2007, 05:46:11 AM »

its hard to tell from the pic if that is a solid plate bumper...if so just use one of these

the safest idea would be what duffil recommended and is how I have mine done for now..reciever thru bumper

sheepaleep · « **Reply #8 on:** Oct 04, 2007, 09:21:42 AM »

i dont have any rear bumper at all the PO hacked it off i think?

potter85 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:16:19 PM »

i really like that rear bumper... just wondering how it the corners are fabbed and if there are gussets? if you weld the hitch flush in like that the weld penetration is minimized i would bevel the opening with a dremel or something. i am paranoid of tow parts breaking loose and going thru someones windshield. kinda scary

jimbo74 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:36:53 PM »

i planned on doing one like dtb's bumper, but mounting the shaft of the tow hitch through the factory crossmember that is back there also, and then gusseting

Rockcrawlintoy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:52:56 PM »

thats mine.

Snowtoy · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2009, 11:20:48 PM »

Quote from: sheepaleep on Oct 01, 2007, 08:42:01 PM

i don't have a hitch so i don't have anyway to pull from or be pulled from the rear of my truck... any suggestions

should i just weld a tow to the the frame and call it good?

No, don't weld a hook to the frame, use bolts, and bolt one on each frame rail. This will give you a tow points from the rear, which will allow you more recovery options. If you want to be able to access the hooks a little easier, grab some 1.5" .125 wall square tube long enough to go from the frame through the the lower body panel. Bolt the tube to the frame and bolt the tow hooks to the tube, or you could use d-rings instead. It would look similar to what rockcrawlintoy has, just w/o the rest of the bumper.

lifted_drifter · « **Reply #13 on:** May 14, 2009, 07:17:31 PM »

you can always loop the tow strap around your shackle???

idk how bad of an idea it is but i've done it a few times before i had a bumper.

beats being stuck.

yota_krawler · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2009, 08:42:12 PM »

dont pull from the spare tire holder. I ripped mine off in my old truck.

lifted_drifter · « **Reply #15 on:** May 14, 2009, 09:09:17 PM »

thats priceless.

god was telling you that you dont need that silly thing

Plekto · « **Reply #16 on:** May 15, 2009, 02:58:06 PM »

Well, that's how you learn...

yota_krawler · « **Reply #17 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:20:12 PM »

i did

BGrednckyoter · « **Reply #18 on:** May 20, 2009, 12:56:45 PM »

that was a smitty bilt

yotaismygame · « **Reply #19 on:** May 20, 2009, 01:13:48 PM »

For awhile before i made a rear bumper i took a old u-bolt cut it down welded a peice of it accross it to make it into a d-ring then take a piece of tube( I had plenty of 1.75 laying around cut it in half welded it with the d-ring in it under the frame behind the shackle.

Snowtoy · « **Reply #20 on:** May 20, 2009, 02:20:46 PM »

Quote from: BGrednckyoter on May 20, 2009, 12:56:45 PM

that was a smitty bilt

Was that purchased new that way, or did someone weld a drop hitch receiver to a Smitty tube?

BGrednckyoter · « **Reply #21 on:** May 20, 2009, 09:35:33 PM »

Quote from: Snowtoy on May 20, 2009, 02:20:46 PM

Was that purchased new that way, or did someone weld a drop hitch receiver to a Smitty tube?

i believe it was welded i bought the truck with that on there

Steve_925 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:38:16 AM »

i always used the round x member above the axle. i have towed a few rigs through miles of tough stuff and yanked full size trucks out of the sand it bearly bent

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