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#97166 - 18/05/02 06:53 PM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
rjm022 Member Registered: 17/09/00 Posts: 480 Loc: york	warn receiver bracket-32.99. use their coupon and get an additional 10% off. www.shop.store.yahoo.com/webjeeps. (cheapest yet!!)
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#97167 - 20/05/02 04:14 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
Olegkha Member Registered: 30/08/00 Posts: 2286 Loc: Brooklyn, NY	Quote: Originally posted by OffroadX: I've used my setup plenty of times and my strap shows little if any wear from the bumper. Besides, if the strap goes flying it's not going to do much harm. Best would be to get a 2" or 3" diameter length of radiator-type hose to put over the first couple of feet of the strap to protect it. Brent Brent : Last time in paragon i have seen a truck with a nice indentation on his back gate the driver told me that the strap broke loose from the truck behind him and it flew into his back gate
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#97168 - 20/05/02 05:00 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
XOC Admin Member Registered: 16/08/00 Posts: 17103 Loc: Minneapolis, MN	Quote: Originally posted by rrdstarr: The plastic is just a prototype used for modeling. Questions? Why is it angled ? Bolts don't like being held in place by just the edge of a nut. _________________________ nom nom nom
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#97169 - 20/05/02 05:13 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
XOC Admin Member Registered: 16/08/00 Posts: 17103 Loc: Minneapolis, MN	Quote: Originally posted by OffroadX: Besides, if the strap goes flying it's not going to do much harm. Brent, please take your stupid ideas to some other message board. _________________________ nom nom nom
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#97170 - 20/05/02 07:07 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
OffroadX Member Registered: 17/08/00 Posts: 13694 Loc: Baltimore, MD	Ian, we already had this discussion . Brent _________________________ Tip: see if your question has already been answered before asking it. Try our handy-dandy search tool!
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#97171 - 20/05/02 11:22 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
rrdstarr Member Registered: 28/09/00 Posts: 2703 Loc: Tacoma	Ian/XOC, the hook is angled because the rear of the bumper is 3" below the frame. the strap will need to clear the bumper to avoid being cut. I didn't think it would be good just to put in a 3" tall block to drop the hook down? I was just looking for input in how to place a tow hook on the frame for people who don't have a hitch or a Calmini rear bumper or a (shudder!)KMA. _________________________ Liberalism is a dangerous mental disorder. -Rick
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#97172 - 21/05/02 12:16 PM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
Scott Member Registered: 23/08/00 Posts: 290 Loc: Fort Collins, Colorado	If you had a similarly angled piece of metal on TOP of the frame you would still have a perpendicular surface for the nut to mate with. That would let you still have the angled piece below, but not put all of the stress on the edge of a nut.
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#97173 - 03/06/02 09:02 PM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
Bayou Boy Member Registered: 31/10/00 Posts: 280 Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana	You guys spend too much money on your receiver hitch shackle things. You can just buy a big shackle and put it through the hole of a normal hitch instead of the ball and save a bunch of money. And as for the shackle swinging side to side instead of up and down. This makes more sense to me because a lot of pulls are a little from the side and not from extreme up or down angles.
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#97174 - 05/06/02 05:45 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
gmr2048 Member Registered: 09/08/01 Posts: 102 Loc: VA	so does everybody chiming in on this thread have the frame stiffeners? if so, which ones? nissan, or aftermarket? -gary _________________________ "Frontier Gary" MAXC member.
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#97175 - 05/06/02 06:16 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
Olegkha Member Registered: 30/08/00 Posts: 2286 Loc: Brooklyn, NY	Gary: Erick at Skid row got frame stiffeners that are almoust identical to nissan ones call him
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#97176 - 05/06/02 06:32 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
rrdstarr Member Registered: 28/09/00 Posts: 2703 Loc: Tacoma	I got my frame stifners yesterday from SkidRow. Will install them next weekend! _________________________ Liberalism is a dangerous mental disorder. -Rick
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#97177 - 07/06/02 04:41 AM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
Xrugger Member Registered: 26/12/00 Posts: 1207 Loc: Chicago, IL	Quote: Originally posted by gmr2048: so does everybody chiming in on this thread have the frame stiffeners? if so, which ones? nissan, or aftermarket? -gary You can only get the Nissan ones if you buy their hitch. So if you don't need/want/pay for their hitch,the only other option are Skid Row stiffeners. _________________________ Joe We don't need no stinking manuals, thats what we have Emergency Rooms for!
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#97178 - 14/06/02 07:50 PM Re: Rear Tow Loop?
NthLJ Member Registered: 28/09/01 Posts: 1297 Loc: Reno, NV USA	Quote: Originally posted by Bayou Boy: You guys spend too much money on your receiver hitch shackle things. You can just buy a big shackle and put it through the hole of a normal hitch instead of the ball and save a bunch of money. And as for the shackle swinging side to side instead of up and down. This makes more sense to me because a lot of pulls are a little from the side and not from extreme up or down angles. I just use the hitch pin...$3.00 I like the Jeep hooks with the blocks, but angled like that wouldn't it stress the one fastener more than the other? Probably not thinking right, but I am curious. _________________________ Charlie Sensitivity is important in any relationship... "I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'" --Bob Newhart
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