Rear Recovery Hook - Cheap

ihatemybike · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:11 am

I found this on Harbor Freight. It plugs into the receiver and costs $10.

RECEIVER TOW HOOK

What do you all think? Currently we're using a 2" drop ball mount turned upside down with a D-ring in it.

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:52 pm

I use one, and I transfer it from the rear to the front hitch, depending on how I'm stuck. So far, so good.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:23 pm

Great deal, get 10 of them and pass them out at X-Mass. :lol:

InCommando · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:36 pm

For TBJ, that would mean giving each of his friends 3 and keeping one for himself.............. "ducking"

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:44 pm

that is a pretty good deal but Im cheap and just use the ball, but I might actually buy this one since its only $10

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:56 pm

InCommando wrote:

For TBJ, that would mean giving each of his friends 3 and keeping one for himself.............. "ducking"

Strange women layin about in ponds distributing towhooks is no basis for a system of government

jeremesh · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:12 pm

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

InCommando wrote:

For TBJ, that would mean giving each of his friends 3 and keeping one for himself.............. "ducking"

Strange women layin about in ponds distributing towhooks is no basis for a system of government

I think its time for you to switch the DVD Thunder!! Rules only allow one python quote per post :wink:

CD · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:17 pm

jsc7002 wrote:

that is a pretty good deal but Im cheap and just use the ball, but I might actually buy this one since its only $10

Do it mate, if I can offer any advice to anyone it would be never recover from a tow ball. It's just not worth it, last thing you want is a tow ball flying at you when it snaps off. Your only looking for trouble using that to recover, your much safer putting the strap into the hitch and poping the pin into place.

Nice find on the recovery hook, I've got a similar one to that.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:31 pm

CD wrote:

jsc7002 wrote:

that is a pretty good deal but Im cheap and just use the ball, but I might actually buy this one since its only $10

Do it mate, if I can offer any advice to anyone it would be never recover from a tow ball. It's just not worth it, last thing you want is a tow ball flying at you when it snaps off. Your only looking for trouble using that to recover, your much safer putting the strap into the hitch and poping the pin into place.

Nice find on the recovery hook, I've got a similar one to that.

i believe you but I dont see how the tow ball is gonna come off, plus I dont use it that often b/c I dont have much time to go wheelin lately plus I have to save my money for the Aussie rear locker and its gonna cost me $250 to have my DTT installed :cry:

corwyyn · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:02 am

jsc7002 wrote:

i believe you but I dont see how the tow ball is gonna come off, plus I dont use it that often b/c I dont have much time to go wheelin lately plus I have to save my money for the Aussie rear locker and its gonna cost me $250 to have my DTT installed :cry:

Far as I can see it's not that the tow ball can come off, but that the strap end can slip off the ball (nice round surface) and then you're tow vehicle is gunning forward and you're still stranded. I normally have a hook in the front receiver and a D-shackle with my strap attached in the rear, that way if I need to get a tug they just throw it over the hook and if I need to pull someone I just grab the strap out of the back thru the flip-glass opening.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:06 am

ya I can see it coming off the ball, but Im just not too worried about it right now especially for the amount Ive gone wheelin lately

tjkoen01 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:59 am

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

CD · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:36 pm

tjkoen01 wrote:

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

Yep

jeremesh · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:30 pm

CD wrote:

tjkoen01 wrote:

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

Yep

Not that I disagree with ya' all but I too have wondered what makes the ball less likely to break than say the weld on that tow hook or even the metal of the hook itself? I mean if the ball is expected to pull a 5K trailer for example, why is it anymore likely to snap during a recovery than a hook?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:37 pm

jeremesh wrote:

CD wrote:

tjkoen01 wrote:

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

Yep

Not that I disagree with ya' all but I too have wondered what makes the ball less likely to break than say the weld on that tow hook or even the metal of the hook itself? I mean if the ball is expected to pull a 5K trailer for example, why is it anymore likely to snap during a recovery than a hook?

Both can fail,strapping a stuck KJ will place more then 5000lbs of force on whatever you are hooking it to.So if your ball is rated at 5000lbs then you will be past the safe rated weight,same goes for the hook.I personally use 7 1/2 ton rated alloy shackles in a approved recovery point.

jeremesh · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:42 pm

tjkoen01 wrote:

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

Speaking of tow straps with hooks... If I have a strap with hooks, Can I just hacksaw the hook off and still use the strap or is the loop designed differently on a hook strap and a loop strap?

jason thompson · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:52 pm

jeremesh wrote:

tjkoen01 wrote:

he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook! :shock:

Speaking of tow straps with hooks... If I have a strap with hooks, Can I just hacksaw the hook off and still use the strap or is the loop designed differently on a hook strap and a loop strap?

Yep
cut off the hooks and use the loops
NEVER use a ball to recover
Cheep hooks are going to be just that CHEEP so DON'T USE THEM
I know that I preach some times about how important safe recovery is but I have seen stuff break and it CAN KILL YOU
one more time IT CAN KILL YOU so dont piss around with cheep crap if you plan to use it get good hooks and tow points
The OE front hooks are great and made to do their job and they do it well
The OE rear hook is fine just as the hitch is good
strap over the top of hitch ,loop around receiver, and out to stuck or unstuck rig from the bottom
if you dont get that then the hitch pin through the strap works good as well
or a receiver mounted shackle is an acceptable choice
NEVER use a shackle to attach 2 straps together but use a good wooden plank or pole ,if you do it right you will not break a hickory mall handle ,this is what I use and it is all I will allow to be used when I am guiding

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:15 pm

what would be so bad in using a shackle to attatch two straps? I was thinking of buying another strap so I could do that, so when I need to pull someone out of the ditch I dont have to get in the ditch also

CD · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:43 pm

jsc7002 wrote:

what would be so bad in using a shackle to attatch two straps? I was thinking of buying another strap so I could do that, so when I need to pull someone out of the ditch I dont have to get in the ditch also

Snatch straps snap/break, it happens all the time and they don't last for ever. Imagine your snatching with 2 snatch straps joined by a shackle and one of the snatch straps break. Where do you think the shackle is going to go, it will go bloody fast at one of the 2 cars in the recovery.

(bad advice removed :wink:

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jeremesh

tjkoen01 wrote:
he's not talking about the tow strap coming off the ball, or the ball coming loose; he's talking about the ball breaking at the neck and going flying. like he said, not worth the risk.

if you are using a ball, you might as well be using chains or a tow strap with a metal hook!

Speaking of tow straps with hooks... If I have a strap with hooks, Can I just hacksaw the hook off and still use the strap or is the loop designed differently on a hook strap and a loop strap?

Don't know about that, I'd say not as it's probably for towing not recovery. You should check what it's rated to then decide if its worth it.

CD · **Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:40 am

Thinking more about that, I'd probably not use anything to join two snatch straps. I'd loop them together, that way no missiles if it breaks :wink:

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