I had feet...they are still on the truck, we pulled the pins to drop the dragging bar ends. I am not sure I would even be able to turn 3 degrees without a joint at the bumper clevis attachments.
Hypothetically, lets say the whole bar was mounted statically with no joints on either end....even then, it should not fail at half the rated load. The "joints" simply make the turning transition smoother, the forces at those failed joints would not change much. A single leg of a 44,000 pound *rated* bar should be able to take the entire pulling load of a 20,000 pound truck and still have an ample amount of "factor of safety" left over.
I'm late to this , I know.
I'm not understanding this about the joint at the bumper?
" I am not sure I would even be able to turn 3 degrees without a joint at the bumper clevis attachments." "lets say the whole bar was mounted statically with no joints on either end"
The bar should not turn or move side to side at the bumper only up and down. Its should be solid like a trailer. Or am I just reading this wrong or not understanding some thing??
And Ibis saying they are for off road only , think about that. Off road means dirt. The front end of a truck would slide a lot more easily on dirt than pavement. Thus there will be a lot less stress on the tow bar. Just saying this to get people thinking. Just tossing some other points of view out there.
I've got an old pre MWO med tow that I've used to tow 5-ton's 200-300 miles work perfect. Cranetruck borrowed it to pull his 8x8 and broke both end off testing it in a field because the adapters were on upside down. He had the end welded back on and it's work fine for many tows. I now have some of the new med Hunter with the MWO.
