my rear receiver hook was stolen

jelohead · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:40 pm

so, dontcha love the city? i was visiting family today, and when i got home, i realized that someone had stollen my rear tow hook from my receiver! they left the bolt though, how thoughtfull! GRRRRRRRRRRRR
i guess now i'll have to buy that shackle set-up!!

PitViper · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:47 pm

Get a locking bolt... they sell them at walmart.

TnRebel · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:44 pm

That is what I have on mine :roll:

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:53 pm

OR keep it in the back of your KJ until you need it.

BLANCK88 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:23 pm

what are the specs of the locking bolt??

Cards81fan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:02 am

I used a grade 8 bolt with matching nut and lockwasher for my warn shackle.

It would be a PAIN to take off... need two BIG wrenches or sockets of the same size (1/2 drive socket set!)

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:33 am

Got a combo one on mine....
Cheap too.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:37 am

Don't come near me with that.

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:38 am

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:06 am

You can just use your hitch receiver and a pin with your strap when wheeling. It just doesnt look as cool in the city. I would trust that more what Cachers rigging in his second picture.

Renegade363 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:06 am

Nice people
Don't you just love people like that.

Here found a good theft device

http://www.trunkmonkey.com/content/view/44/51/

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:14 am

no offense cacher, but that thing just looks like trouble...I got a superwinch clevis for my reciever (~$35 at fleet farm)...I seldom put anything but the rubber reese plug in my hitch.

Hitch mounts like to get frozen with rust up here in minnesota so a locking pin doesn't make any sense to me because I won't put a hitch or clevis in my reciever untill i am ready to use it.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:22 am

It's the metal clasp on the end of the strap. If that gives, it is a flying projectile that can kill. Not that straps can't kill either (I've seen videos of ship mooring lines cut people in half when they snap), but having the chance of a flying metal object is just riskier.

fish eye · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:24 am

My hitch is naked too. I mostly use it for a cargo carrier when I need the extra space on camping trips or to pick up and return beer kegs!! But don't think that I don't have the locking pin. But that's the only time you'll see anything in my receiver is when I need it.

Chalk it up to a lesson learned the hard way...

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:33 am

Quote:

no offense cacher, but that thing just looks like trouble...

Quote:

It's the metal clasp on the end of the strap.

Clarification: That pic is off the site where I bought it. I would never use any strap with a metal clasp. I hve a shackle/D-ring (whatever you call them) in the KJ I would use to secure the strap I carry which is a standard tow strap with no metal ends. That hitch just makes it convenient as I use the hitch for hauling occasionally and offroad only occasionally. This way I have both attachment points right there if I need.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:08 pm

Cacher123 wrote:

Got a combo one on mine....
Cheap too.

Looks kinda neat, does it clear the spare tire? Looks really short, any pics of it on your jeep?

Whats the limit on that? I know its not 5k.

raceinfan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:12 pm

as someone mentioned earlier get a locking pin Wal-Mart $20,I put one on mine,thier made by Master lock & come with a rubber shield over the key area to protect it

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:32 pm

Doesn't clear the spare but the trailer tongue manages to squeak under the tire when attached.
I don't know the rating but I don't haul more than a single Jet Ski or motorcycle in the summer.

Se7enLC · **Posted:** Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:46 pm

I have no information about the manufacturer of this receiver shackle:

Except for the description: "NEW 2" RECEIVER SHACKLE WITH 3/4 BOLTED 4 3/4 D RING". Is this worth $22 shipped? It doesn't seem to be all that much more than a tow hook

jelohead · **Posted:** Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:26 pm

$22 shipped is quite cheap. i've been shoppin em online, and a warn shackle mount is around 35-39 before shipping. if you can find the link for that 22 dollar shackle, i'd like it. i wanna get one before the LOST paragon ride on the 18th. thanx, bob

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