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[1987cucv]

Chicks dig towbars, right?





Whats the worst that can happen? The chains holding it rip the brush guard off at highway speed and it toe picks sending the whole rig ass over teakettle?

 

[canadacountry]

well it depends what kind of hinges they used on that type your pickup has..
beside as far as I perhaps understand it a lot of aussie truck dollies have their own passive travel inhibiter built into the hinges as theres practically no chains or hand-holding needed for a dolly's tongue to stay relatively horizontal on its own making it easy for a solo driver to back the first trailer into second trailer nearly anywhere - and yet the tongue still can move up and down as needed

 

[1987cucv]

well it depends what kind of hinges they used on that type your pickup has..
beside as far as I perhaps understand it a lot of aussie truck dollies have their own passive travel inhibiter built into the hinges as theres practically no chains or hand-holding needed for a dolly's tongue to stay relatively horizontal on its own making it easy for a solo driver to back the first trailer into second trailer nearly anywhere - and yet the tongue still can move up and down as needed

I'm not worried about the mounts for the towbar hinges/shackle mounts. They're made out of tonka tough shin wrecking steel.

I'm much more disconcerted by the $3.79 per foot hardware store chain holding it upright against the brush guard. Its grade 70, so, yolo?

 

[vanaisa]

Maybe paint it pink also?

 

[NDT]

I think it’s ok. You see towbars set up like that all the time in wartime photos. Your 08 is looking real good btw, I really like that you have the cargo enclosure set up. That is a ton of scrounging and work.

 

[1987cucv]

Maybe paint it pink also?

Yes! and a PT belt for safety

 

[1987cucv]

I think it’s ok. You see towbars set up like that all the time in wartime photos. Your 08 is looking real good btw, I really like that you have the cargo enclosure set up. That is a ton of scrounging and work.

I would hope so... on the other hand I did a lot of wartime stuff that wasn't exactly safe but it needed to get done.

Thanks!!! I was lucky enough that the truck came with the seats and the cargo cover frame. Then I found some new old stock covers and it slipped right on.

 

[juanprado]

Ditto to NDT

Only thing I would add is too maybe collapse the bar to its shortest hole but I took a 2nd look and you might already be all the way collapsed.

 

[1987cucv]

Ditto to NDT

Only thing I would add is too maybe collapse the bar to its shortest hole but I took a 2nd look and you might already be all the way collapsed.

Thanks. Yup its as short as it will go. Its a grow-er not a show-er

 

[Barrman]

Turn the feet over before you actually tow with it. I have seen pictures on this site of broken bits and all the TM’s say don’t run with the towbar feet upside down like they are in the picture.

 

[1987cucv]

Turn the feet over before you actually tow with it. I have seen pictures on this site of broken bits and all the TM’s say don’t run with the towbar feet upside down like they are in the picture.

Interesting. Do you have a source for that? TM 10867A-OR doesn't say one way or the other is correct. And all the images of HMMWVs are being towed in this fashion. Other vehicles like the 939 get towed with them flipped because otherwise they'd hit the bumper.

 

[Barrman]

OK. I just read through 4 different tow bar TM’s from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. They all say to put the “foot” curve up for towing with all the wheels on the ground. However, for the HMMWV only when lifting and towing they show it mounted curve side down as you have it.

I must have confused a PS magazine article dealing with M35 or bigger vehicles with an actual TM. I apologize. All of the TM’s I have for the towbar also only dealt with 3/4” pin HMMWV’s. Do the newer heavier ones have 1” pins?

I also remember at least 2 threads on this site over the last 20 plus years dealing with the “feet” breaking while towing when mounted with the curve side down. Both of those threads where M35’s being towed though.

The next time I hook up a CUCV I might try curve side down. Because getting the pin latches in with the curve side up is a severe pain.

 

[1987cucv]

OK. I just read through 4 different tow bar TM’s from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. They all say to put the “foot” curve up for towing with all the wheels on the ground. However, for the HMMWV only when lifting and towing they show it mounted curve side down as you have it.

Thanks for checking.

Maybe I'm confused. I have it curve side up.

 

[juanprado]

That square tube bar is not as old as the medium and uses specific feet to it.