Rear tow hooks

[Ruby_the_ranger]

Anyone have any aftermarket/OEM rear recovery hooks on their truck? Been looking to add some to mine however I’m looking for some Bolt on ones rather than welding, it’s not that I can’t weld it’s just that I don’t trust my welds that much lol. I have seen some people use some made for tacomas and jeeps in the past but just looking for ideas.

 

[scotts90ranger]

I normally just put the loop of the strap into the 2" receiver on whatever I'm pulling and just put the pin through the loop, the standard 3" or 4" straps both fit and it's plenty strong... that's not big enough for the bungee straps but for that I'd just get a shackle mount to go into a receiver... I would NOT add recovery points to a stock bumper, aftermarket bumper is a whole other sack of potatoes and I would need to see what you have going on...

If you don't have a receiver, get one and use that in one way or another just don't wrap a strap around a trailer ball whatever you do...

 

[SenorNoob]

I've thought about this myself. Seems like it should be simple enough to make something where the receiver hitch bolts on. I haven't actually tried it however.

 

[scotts90ranger]

The problem with just bolting something on where the receiver bolts on is you would only be pulling on one edge of a C channel frame from one side and will bend it, I know this because I bolted on one of those cheap tow hooks to the front frame horn of my '90 and it's all mangled, but it's there and I just keep using it when I get "detained" , but I do have a beefier than stock front bumper. For the rear you're just better off getting a $50 receiver and using that, once it's there you could add something to where it bolts to the frame but if you don't have one the force isn't transmitted to both frame rails and will be sub optimal...

 

[Curious Hound]

What Scottsranger said is true and good. However, it can be done. I have 2 sets of tow hooks I never used. But they will bolt on and work. You may have to drill holes for them. I had a set on my 88 F150 and they worked fine u til I really yanked hard on a holly nush I was extracting one day. Bent the c-channel a little bit. But it worked. I think the ones I have laying around might be Smittybuilt brand. Any place with Jeep accessories will have them.

 

[Uncle Gump]

This bumper "bolts" right on.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Hitch and aftermarket bumpers with recovery points are usually what most people do over trying to bolt hooks on in the back. Stronger too.

 

[Ruby_the_ranger]

This bumper "bolts" right on.

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That’s the bumper I was thinking about getting I have an after market bumper on at the moment but it doesn’t have any form of recovery I got it so if I hit a tree or something while off roading it would be a cheap fix I was thinking about welding some D rings on to it but I just don’t have the time to design and figure out how to brace the bumper so it doesn’t fold when i inevitably use them

 

[Uncle Gump]

If you have a receiver hitch...

 

[scotts90ranger]

I wasn't trying to be as harsh as I might come off, just trying to cover bases, with internets you never now nowadays...

I'm with Gumps recommendation, for 99.967% of extractions that is perfectly good, when you need angularity and technical extraction you might want it offset to one side or the other... I know shackles hanging off all 4 corners are the style of the time but it really isn't necessary for most people...

 

[Ruby_the_ranger]

If you have a receiver hitch...

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Unfortunately I don’t, I want one but I don’t want to pay full price but fb marketplace sucks in my area lol

 

[Brain75]

u-pull-it junkyard here they are cheap compared to fb marketplace... those idiots want more than new sometimes.

 

[Roert42]

What’s your bumper look like?

I would just weld some clevis mounts on. It’s what I did.
Just line them up so they are I line with the mounting points.

 

[Ruby_the_ranger]

What’s your bumper look like?

I would just weld some clevis mounts on. It’s what I did.
Just line them up so they are I line with the mounting points.

It’s a pretty cheap steel bumper

 

[scotts90ranger]

I don't blame you, I lucked out and my brother got me a clearance universal fit receiver for my '97, if you can find one in a junkyard they'd likely be like $20 but I'm with Roert and would just weld D rings at the bumper mounts