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Does anyone have one of these mounted on your HMMWV and could give a few pics on how it attaches? Can you use it with the folding grille guard?
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Which one? There's the old school medium tow bar and then there are the lightweight Ibis Tek ones, which I believe have 2 different types mounting.
I've got an Ibis Tek version but I won't be able to get any pics until this weekend.
I've got an Ibis Tek version but I won't be able to get any pics until this weekend.
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I needed to see that too
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Where can you get those feet?
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The other solution is to use the 3/4 feet from the oshkosh square tube tow bar with the tan aluminum biscuits as that is how I think it packaged as a "kit"
I have a set of those feet with all the pins. PM if interested. MWMULES was selling the biscuits very reasonable. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?155353-Ibis-Tek-Tow-bar-biscuits-adapters
The picture previously is of the medium round tow bar feet. Not sure if the foot has been modified/bushing as i thought it was a different diameter.
I have a set of those feet with all the pins. PM if interested. MWMULES was selling the biscuits very reasonable. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?155353-Ibis-Tek-Tow-bar-biscuits-adapters
The picture previously is of the medium round tow bar feet. Not sure if the foot has been modified/bushing as i thought it was a different diameter.
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This is the setup that I use - I just bought everything on epay......
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Anyone have a picture of how the biscuits are used?
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The small pointy hole of the biscuit goes into the black 44lb tow bar. It uses the pin from the tow bar. The foot Y with the wide 1-1/2 pin is on the other side of the flat biscuit. ( pic below the bigger pin is sideways and you don't see the opening). The smaller side of the foot is 3/4 and attaches to the mount on the HMMWV
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I thought the "HMMWV" tow bar was the later IBIS Tek Black tow bar, 
the tan was the first but they started to fail when the up armored and much heaver HMMWV came out. Here is an old thread on this also.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?127956-Ibis-Tek-tow-bar-hook-up
the tan was the first but they started to fail when the up armored and much heaver HMMWV came out. Here is an old thread on this also.http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?127956-Ibis-Tek-tow-bar-hook-up
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I have the one pictured. Will the biscuits and feet work for me? 
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It looks like you've got the very common Hunter medium tow bar. You'll just need a set of 3/4" feet for it, no biscuits.
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I have the tan tow bar and want to get the feet that were made for it. Anyone with pictures of those feet?
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The tan ones don't use feet, just the hitch pins.
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Informative thread even for those who are sans HMWWV. My question from the outside looking in, are the HMMWV tow shackle anchors available? They look somehwat useful on another project I have.
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Do you have a picture of the feet on the tow bar? Just want to make sure I do it right.
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No biscuits or grinding needed if you have the tow bar you pictured in post #11 , then you do not have to do anything as long as you have the 3/4' feet shown in #3 as they will fit that tow bar without grinding. Grinding of the feet or using biscuits is only needed when using the big Black Ibis Tek 44,000lb
tow bar with the older Green 3/4" or 1" pin feet.
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Yes, and very cheap from kascar 12342373 $4 These are the rear for the airlift bumper when not using tear drop shackles
https://www.real4wd.com/zedSuite/catalog/partdetail.aspx?PartNo=12342373
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I really like the one above where you can leave the shackle in place and add the tow bar.
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Those are fronts. They are available & out there but way more $. Cheapest I think I have seen is $40 each flea bay