Ahab Shamaa Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Srikumar said: Did it break? Hopefully no one got hurt. When was the last time it's integrity was checked? @Srikumar, you will not believe it until you see the pictures. If I have to describe what happened, I would say the metal just stretched so much and broke off like a piece of taffy! The nuts and bolts holding it together didn’t break. Rather the metal itself stretched to its breaking point... Thank God @Wrangeld had the foresight to double the length of the rope. Otherwise, it could have been ugly as that piece of metal is very heavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 50 minutes ago, Ahab Shamaa said: @Srikumar, you will not believe it until you see the pictures. If I have to describe what happened, I would say the metal just stretched so much and broke off like a piece of taffy! The nuts and bolts holding it together didn’t break. Rather the metal itself stretched to its breaking point... Thank God @Wrangeld had the foresight to double the length of the rope. Otherwise, it could have been ugly as that piece of metal is very heavy. I think they were not stock tow hook, as they are usually front facing in Ram than the one I have seen yesterday - down facing. @DANIEL NOGUEIRA have you installed these hooks or it came stock with your Dodge Ram? Is your Ram, GCC specs? Or any such trim that has sport option, as recently I encountered in one of the drive Dodge Durango with a sport bumper of 6 inch clearance and no front tow hooks. 1 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Zeitoun Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 @Gaurav, remember you rejected a Ram on my absolute drive, red sport version with no front hooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL NOGUEIRA Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gaurav said: I think they were not stock tow hook, as they are usually front facing in Ram than the one I have seen yesterday - down facing. @DANIEL NOGUEIRA have you installed these hooks or it came stock with your Dodge Ram? Is your Ram, GCC specs? Or any such trim that has sport option, as recently I encountered in one of the drive Dodge Durango with a sport bumper of 6 inch clearance and no front tow hooks. It's the sport edition, from America (not GCC), not with the metal bumper that comes with stock towing. So to put the stock ones I should also change the bumper... what I did was install the tow hooks where the original ones are supposed to be attached, and cut of the front of my bumper, giving me a better and higher clearance on the front. I will check with my denter and chassi specialist what can be done to reinforce the tow hooks or what will be the best solution... It's funny because I was pulled out of the desert by a tractor couple weeks ago when my steering box locked, and I had no issues, but the pull was different, maybe because it was 1 kinect folded in double and a regular flat tow , it didnt stretched enough and stressed the frame to the braking point, also the metal bumper from @Ahab Shamaawas pulled out , so it was a very hard pull... learning that in this type of situation for my car , it's better to use a winch when it is available... pictures attachesd 1 - how it is the tow hook attached (other side not used) 2 - how it looks like now without the piece of the frame 3 - the piece that flew off , it might weight more than 3kg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Paul Zeitoun said: @Gaurav, remember you rejected a Ram on my absolute drive, red sport version with no front hooks Yes, that's the same guy I was referring to. @DANIEL NOGUEIRA are you really sure that, that's the same place where other RAM has a tow hook installed? This look like lightly welded for bumper support etc. and not MIG welded to be used for tow hook. Generally tow hooks should be with 3 bolts and directly bolted on chassis channel or on cross member. 2 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Zeitoun Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just now, Gaurav said: Yes, that's the same guy I was referring to. @DANIEL NOGUEIRA are you really sure that, that's the same place where other RAM has a tow hook installed? This look like lightly welded for bumper support etc. and not MIG welded for to be used as tow point. Here is how the OEM hooks are fit to the chassis in 3 locations 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Shamaa Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Hey @Gaurav, I thought the same thing as you, but I’m not experienced enough to voice my opinion 😀. It looked like a factory tie down point for transport, rather than a function specific tow point... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL NOGUEIRA Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Gaurav said: Yes, that's the same guy I was referring to. @DANIEL NOGUEIRA are you really sure that, that's the same place where other RAM has a tow hook installed? This look like lightly welded for bumper support etc. and not MIG welded to be used for tow hook. Generally tow hooks should be with 3 bolts and directly bolted on chassis channel or on cross member. I was just checking in the forums, and yes, it is this place, but has another 2 bolts behind the bumper which helps the attachment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 So it's time to fix it properly now with atleast 3 bolt support. Thank God, everyone was lucky yesterday as tow point failure are the biggest FEAR for offroaders and that's why Richard has gone extra mile to secure it properly. 1 1 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Palanca Falsini Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Btw.. @Ahab Shamaa did you had any issue with you car? I saw the rear bumper was damaged also, I hope no issue with the frame. Edited January 3, 2021 by Luca Palanca Falsini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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