It actually takes less than you think. I had a bent pin here in mine. When Joe first told me about this phenomena I found it hard to believe so I checked my pin. It had started to bend. I threw out the pin and bought a reciever thingy that has a loop on the end of it for a shackle.

JMC

 

I'll be looking for one version or the other of this...

 

Thats a good setup, I happen to prefer the d-ring shackle receiver but they all do the same.

 

Hey eddy, can you post a pic of a d-ring shackle receiver if u can find one, please? where can you buy those...the only things a I ever see are the hook ones like the post above...?

 

You can get them from 4wheelparts.com, here is the link for the combo I bought and just the shackle itself...

http://www.4wheelparts.com/4wp/packa...ParentPacID=81

http://www.4wheelparts.com/4wp/produ...RO&expand=sub7

 

thanks for the info

 

Well i have been reading what you guys have been saying and i have a question. I have a friend that is a firefighter and he has a 50 ft section of hose laying around and said i could have it. Do you guys think that is good or no? I have heard that they break easy but i dont know.

Also, this is my first post ( I just got my truck about 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours and 30 min ago...i guess im obsessed) and i have been reading around and you guys have given me som much information, i would like to thank you guys.

Brian

 

Brian,

Unless you plan on draining a swimming pool stay away from the hose. Invest in the proper tool. The life you save might be your own.

JMC

 

Alright i got ya. Why do the hoses break that easy? I kinda guessed that they would be pretty durable because of that they are and what they are made of.

Brian

 

I doubt anyone has ever tried to use a hose as a strap, so maybe it might work. But that is exactly the point-MAYBE it might work. Dont risk a strap breaking just to save a few bucks on a proper tow strap.

 

As a Firefighter I would strongly recomend against using "scrap hose" for anything short of a light tow strap. Hoses are not made for that type of stress, more for containing pressure. Especially after the types of testing we have to do to get hoses to fail.

 

Brian,

How would you attach the hose ends to the truck? With a knot? That would prove tiresome and the knot would surely slip.

JMC

 

Alright, this is becoming quite the redneck thread. Dont use a hose, bottom line. And if you do, at least record the event so I can watch it on Darwin Awards or AFV or Stupid Human Tricks.
This is like the people who make pvc intakes for their trucks and spray paint to change the color of their hoods.
Common sense....

 

While I agree that using a fire hose for a tow strap is probably one of the less intelligent things one could do, I must disagree with JMC's post. Some of us actually know how to tie many different types of knots. I know of at least a half dozen knots I could use to tie a fire hose and none of them would slip. And some of them would be relatively easy to untie as well.

 

Whats wrong with PVC?????LOL