quick offroad question
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quick offroad question
i just had a quick queston about where the best place to hook up a ****** rope to is on an 1990 f150? I dont have a reese hitch yet and i still have stock bumpers so no welded hooks.
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Your best bet is always the frame if you can get to it. You can loop the strap over the frame and run the long end through the loop on the short end (like a slip-knot). If you don't have a strap with looped ends, get one. The ones with the built in hooks kinda suck for anything bigger than an ATV in my opinion.
Kevin K.
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Hi, your best bet is to get a hitch put on or put it on yourself. I just did mine. $150 and about 30 minutes does the job. Not hard at all. You might force the bumper up by pulling under it and that might do some body damage. And KJKozk2 is right about straps with hooks on the ends. NEVER use one on a stuck truck! If the hook or strap brakes it turns into a big rubberband and comes back at you or who ever you are hooked too. I have seen them go through the truck windows. Erv
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Originally Posted by Ervin
. I have seen them go through the truck windows. Erv
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From: Coutts Canada
Ever break a 100,000lb tow rope 
, now those have some velocity to em
yeah it took a 360 and 280hp versatil 4wd tractor to pull out that john deer (you know the tractor with 66 or so inch tall tires
, now those have some velocity to em yeah it took a 360 and 280hp versatil 4wd tractor to pull out that john deer (you know the tractor with 66 or so inch tall tires
