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Grit_dog
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Feb 22, 2020

Ford Drivers!!!

Or Built Ford Tough, could be the name of this thread.
If anyone needs a front tow hook for a new Superduty, I have one laying in the back of my truck.
Found it on the job, along with some indiscernable pieces of plastic, where someone KO'd about 5 pieces of temporary jersey barrier last week. On a straight stretch of road I might add....
Based on the parts left over, it was a '17-up Superduty.
Tow hook looks brand new except for a big scrape on the face of it. Can't understand how it came off the truck though. It's a 1 bolt hookup it appears. Driver must've lead with the tow hook and hit the barrier hard enough to shear the mounting bolt?

Anyway, saved it. Looks like it could come in handy for something...

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  • And the Ford Drivers rant is because whoever the dbag was who couldn’t keep his SuperDoody between the lines just cost me a few grand to fix it.
    State isn’t paying 3rd party damage because they deemed the barrier we installed there was for “our convienence.”
    Guess they were right, since if it wasn’t there, mr super doody would have had his truck shoved through a steel bridge truss. Guess I got off cheap. And the state denying payment for necessary work is nothing new.
  • ^From what I seen, just don’t pull too hard on them! Lol
  • I call ‘em “Ram Recovery Rings”. :W

    When I feel like poking the bear, that is.

    :):)
  • ^Fortunately that's why they come with 2 hooks!

    All kidding aside, it seems really strange that it apparently sheared the mounting bolt off.
    Not that much of a scuff on the hook and it, or the mounting bracket is not otherwise damaged or deformed.
  • No Ford pickup should be without a front tow hook! Makes getting on the roll back much harder....Lol
  • Can you imagine how many more parts there would of been if it was a Mexican truck :B