Well I had a semi deliver some roof trusses for a house I am building today, and when he was leaving he got stuck in the snow. We have around 12" or so of snow on our side streets. Anyways after my framer and i spent 20 minutes or so trying to help him get unstuck, i said lets try and pull him out with one of our Trucks. My framer used his tow hooks on his FX4 and we actually helped get him unstuck. I couldnt believe it, and worse of all is i had my camera with me and was to busy getting them both going the same direction and watching for other cars that i didnt even take pics.
Well I know people have helped other vehicles get unstuck, but probably not to many Semi's.

 

I use to manage a quick oil change shop and one day during the winter the driver of the delivery truck (big a$$ box truck carrying around 3,000 gallons of oil plus 7-10 55 gallon drums of other fluids plus all the filters and stuff) slid off the blacktop and got stuck in the snow and mud. I thought he was done for because even if he could get traction he would have to climb over the 6-7 inch ledge of blacktop. The driver is a nice guy and all so I figure I should atleast give the impression that I was trying to help so I pulled my truck up and hooked the strap up and whatdoya know, I pulled him right up which I wasn't execting at all! Then we repeated the same process again the next week!

 

Wow, thats great...

I love that F350 commercial when he pulls the semi out of the tunnel.. the sound of that diesel.... mmmm...

 

I watched my brother pull my dad's stuck tractor trailer out of snow that he was stuck in. My dad has a 2000 Kenworth W900L with a 48' flatbed, and when he parked overnight in the snow, his tires sunk in and basically created a small pocket of ice under each wheel. The truck wouldn't budge. My brother used his '02 FX4 5.4L to give him enough of a budge to get him out of the ice divits that he was in. It was pretty cool to see a Ford truck hooked up to a rig like that pulling him out of the snow.

 

pretty cool stories

 

And not a single flippin picture!

I once used my truck to pull my 17 horse Cub Cadet lawn tractor out of the mud...didn't even need to lock it in 4x4.

 

How come all your trucks come with two hooks? I don't think mine came with them. What package did that come with?

 

I think they come with the Lariat and FX4 packages.

 

Yep, Lariats and FX4s aren't that special.

 

can you add tow hooks to a 2wd?

 

there was a video i saw a while back on the news, this bus had spun out, and couldnt get moving again, and this jeep was tied up to it trying to tug it out. Then they hooked a SuperDuty up to the jeep, and pulled both the jeep and the bus out in one sweep

Maybe i can find it again....
found one kinda like it click here
-Patrick

 

yea just buy some from the factory so the holes line up and cut your valance. or buy a 4wd valance.. Probably can do it all for under 100 bucks.

 

I got my tow hooks in the mail the other day. I'm going to have to cut the holes for them and install them when I get my Christmas present from my parents, a black powdercoated GSP grille guard. Found it on ebay for $195. A steal! Tow hooks were about $39 to my door.

 

hey kanuck what ever happend with your hood? i know its been a while back but never did here what if any they did for you. im still luvn mine.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...44263925431728

 

Nice video patman, I believe it's Dieselstop that puts up a ton of anti ford videos show that to them. Although not an equal truck I can pick out many unfair matches they show on a regular basis.