...and toyotas usually dont have the ***** to get out of the thick stuff 
tow hooks????
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tow hooks????
went to pull a log out of the woods today and found there is no front tow hooks on my truck. most times im pulling from the rear. was wondering if it is possable to install hooks to the front. and y didnt these trucks come with front hooks?? my uncles 4-cyl toyota has tow hooks and my diesel dose not. what the heck is that about? 
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went to pull a log out of the woods today and found there is no front tow hooks on my truck. most times im pulling from the rear. was wondering if it is possable to install hooks to the front. and y didnt these trucks come with front hooks?? my uncles 4-cyl toyota has tow hooks and my diesel dose not. what the heck is that about?
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you can get a good ste of after market hooks and a piece of high strength agle iron 3/8" thick or so and pull your front bumper off temporarily, and A. drill and bolt the side of the angle to the side of frame through the the inner tube be mindful of the front spring shackle. or the same to the bottom but youll have to reach over the shackle to bolt off the bottom-you can use a piece of good plate if you choose the bottom just remember to allow claerances for the hook and its connected piece rope or chain. This is the best method I know.
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I'm fixin' to install a deer catcher (brush guard, push bar, what have you) on either or both of the wife's '95 PSDs (yes, she got another one!). Presumably this requires removing the bumper, or at least unbolting a bolt at a time. Would this be an opportune time to install tow hooks? Is there a pre-fab set that interfaces with the bumper bolts, without having to fab/weld anything? Will they even fit, in conjunction with the bar?
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You really don't want to use the 4 bumper bolts to tow from they are not strong enough. Bolt directly to the frame as others have mentioned.
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But the bumper bolts directly to the frame, right? So the hooks would be bolted directly to the frame, along with the bar and the bumper. What if I upgraded to grade 8 bolts? Seems to me fewer holes in the frame is better than more.
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The bumper tab is not strong enough for the tow hooks... Even though its on the frame, they bend pretty easily.... Mine are pretty bent up and I have bent them back into place with a tow strap and another truck.
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The bumber is bolted on with four I think they are Metric 6 bolts and speed nuts, that is far from strong enough. Something has to be fabbed up directly to the frame with grade 8 hardware and IMO at least 5/8 in size
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Yikes, that sounds wimpy. I'll have to see whether the deer catcher attaches via the M6 bolts (for pete's sake, my wee little Saturn is put together with those things!), or if it goes right to the frame end of the tabs.
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i would agree with that but.... the the other week i sunk mine to the axles and could have used them tow hooks lol.
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the frame is already pre-drilled, just use those holes to mount your hardware, that is what I used when putting on my winch bumper and it has yet to even think about moving, and I have a 2" receiver on the front so I can move trailers around
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I hate it when I sink it to the frame and then I have to dig just to get the chain attached to the frame. I did that to my old F150 one time.