Where to hook a tow rope...

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ezra

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anonomoose said:
There is a reason the Germans put tie down eye there....and it isn't to get pulled out of the soup.

Pulling on one side of a frame is never a good thing either.
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ok then what is the threaded eye hook in my wifes jack bag .
the one with the directions on how to screw it in to bumper behind the plastic tab in the bumper in case of emergency .
u know the same hooks on the road coarse cars with the mandatory arrow pointing to it that say toe here ?
 
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Woodtic

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I know exactly what your saying Ezra. The boys that go to the track call them sand hooks. The wife's last three cars had and has pull points. 3xdrive, a pos Awd Saab,and the car we own, a Jeep!!!
 
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lenny

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ezra said:
ok then what is the threaded eye hook in my wifes jack bag .
the one with the directions on how to screw it in to bumper behind the plastic tab in the bumper in case of emergency .
u know the same hooks on the road coarse cars with the mandatory arrow pointing to it that say toe here ?
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I think that there is a drain hole for metric fluid and if it leaking you stick your "toe" in it to stop the leak, kinda like weep hole on a water pump.
 
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anonomoose

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ezra said:
ok then what is the threaded eye hook in my wifes jack bag .... ?
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These cars get "shipped" literally to the USA, and it gives the shipper some point to keep the cars from moving around.

The manuals that I have read specifically say NOT to tow from them however tempting it is to do so. Wreckers tie from them but mostly use wheel straps. While a slight tug might be okay, a good stuck could jack the car frame. Hence my first post of providing a good spot to pull on the frame. It is inexpensive to do, won't tear up or "chop up" anything usually there are pre-drilled hole on the frame somewhere to bolt from and is secure as a trailer hitch.

But if you like to grab onto something with a tow strap, go for it....there is a right and wrong way for everything. I just won't do it that way....and I have been into some pretty good sticks....on ice into a drift that packed the front wheels so tight that you couldn't turn the wheels.
 
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lenny

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anonomoose said:
These cars get "shipped" literally to the USA, and it gives the shipper some point to keep the cars from moving around.

The manuals that I have read specifically say NOT to tow from them however tempting it is to do so. Wreckers tie from them but mostly use wheel straps. While a slight tug might be okay, a good stuck could jack the car frame. Hence my first post of providing a good spot to pull on the frame. It is inexpensive to do, won't tear up or "chop up" anything usually there are pre-drilled hole on the frame somewhere to bolt from and is secure as a trailer hitch.




But if you like to grab onto something with a tow strap, go for it....there is a right and wrong way for everything. I just won't do it that way....and I have been into some pretty good sticks....on ice into a drift that packed the front wheels so tight that you couldn't turn the wheels.
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fair enough and not trying to start an argument just looking at all practical aspects. I agree with the concept but what about cars that are stuck and need a tug but do not have a "good" point to pull from, how do you think they are pulled out? Are you implying that if and when they are pulled out they are damaged ?
 
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Woodtic

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While we are on the subject... If you break your toe,do you call an ambulance or a toe truck? Ya,I know,I need to get out more.lol
 
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anonomoose

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lenny said:
fair enough and not trying to start an argument just looking at all practical aspects. I agree with the concept but what about cars that are stuck and need a tug but do not have a "good" point to pull from, how do you think they are pulled out? Are you implying that if and when they are pulled out they are damaged ?
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This guy was looking ahead of a potential stuck...measure of a guy who has "been there and done that" and for that reason, I point out the relatively simple fix.

Not everyone will do this, nor should they because they probably will never need it...heck, they are leaving spar tires off of brand new cars and trucks these daz but that doesn't mean you will never have a flat.

As for yanking cars out of the muck and snowpack....yes you sure can screw up a car more so than a truck and if you have never seen a car dog trackin down the road, you missed the likely reason it is doing it. Happens all the time to these light steel framed cars and trucks. Yank it a bit too much and damage can be done alright.

The point is that there is no really good place to "hook" stuff to pull it out... of course how stuck you are and where it is "hooked" to get unstuck are important things to anyone who understands that these modern cars and trucks just are not made for yankin out of the ruff!
 
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