If you don't want it, don't buy it. Thought I'd post a link for anyone interested. Thanks anyways guys.

(if my Class IV receiver rips off at 10,000 pounds, I'm gunna be PISSED ! ! )

 

I loved the website quote...

 

People sure get fired up about how others spend their money

 

I think I know how to make use of the ring and the hook. You just slip the strap throught the d ring and hook it over the hook. That should secure it pretty good and it would be a lot quicker than taking the d ring apart.

 

A lot of clubs don't even allow the use of an open hook, because if they break you have a missle, and the strap or chain doesn't always stay where it is put. Personally my recovery needs are met by a plain receiver, a clevis, and a hitch pin. $25-$30 max for everything at a farm supply store plus I use the receiver for other things than pulling people out, like pulling trailers.

 

I would get one of these for the money. Id be more inclinde to get the one with the clevis.

http://www.pickupspecialties.com/Hit...te/HR5800C.jpg


http://www.pickupspecialties.com/Hit.../HR5502RED.jpg

 

^ That last link sure looks pretty sweet. I like it.

 

I don't know if I would trust that wimpy little weld to hold well enough to pull out a stuck truck though, even then I could see that thing getting all sorts of distorted during the extraction process, it is just a bent peice of steel. Most real clevis's are forged steel, so they they have no bend to them when you start pulling on them hard.

I use something like this with a regular receiver for about $15 new (which mine isn't, it is old):
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...g=true&cFlag=1

 

wimpy little weld???

hmmm... maybe sometime you should look under your truck. You'll be HORRIFIED to find out that they weld our truck frames together

If done properly, a weld is a very strong joint.

 

Agreed, I have welded 2 "D" rings on the front of my Ranger (actually made the whole bumper bracket assembly to move the bumper after the bodylift, pics are in my gallery) but welding just the bottom of that clevis to the bar is not the strongest way to do it, I am positive there is nothing under my truck that is welded as half thought out as that. A gusset on the back of it would make it a lot stronger for a couple more cents, this is an area it is better to overkill than be just adaquate IMO. Dunno what price that one is for but I found a similar one for $100. You can get the the tri ball for roughly $40 just about anywhere, I don't think the bent-chunk-of-steel clevis itself is worth $60.

On top of that the thing just looks cheesy.

https://www.missgrizz.com/productlin...ch_mounts.html

$45 Tri Ball mount from Cabela's - usually not the cheapest place to buy this stuff either:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/co...522011sn01.jpg

If you have to have a recovery receiver thingie to show off, by far and away IMO this blows anything posted here away, and for the price difference between it and the tri ball contraption you could buy a plain tri ball to go along with it. TSC has them cheaper, but I don't see them on their website. Note that the point you are pulling from is closer to your truck, and will put less leverage against it while pulling and won't be dragging on terrain as you wheel. Actually if you wheel alot this is probably the way to go.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...169&hasJS=true

 

I agree with 02xlt

the warn shackle is the way to go, its what I use and I have had no complaints at all

 

I just use a 12,000 lb rated loop. You can put a (big) shackle on it, or you can put your strap loop through the eye and around the shank. Costs about $40.00.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...7824_200247824

 

no worries, good link. i have that exact thing but without the hook ontop. Got mine for 40 bucks though. It is heavy and beastly, should hold up to a ton of weight.

 

by a regular receiver u mean like one without the ball and you just run the pin through that hole? This looks strong and inexpensive but I'm not exactly sure how your set up looks... pics? Thanks

 

here is my recovery tool!

Ed