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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
It was replaced... But it was like pulling teeth, and took this long. I guess I am happy to get it replaced, but the problem areas look the same in my mind, not sure if there were any "upgrades" or "improvements". I took some pics, but they were pretty poor in regards to close ups...I will...- actionpaintball
- Post #50
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
Sent it in and waiting.- actionpaintball
- Post #45
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
Looks like it's heading back to Ibis Tek: "Tim,We were forwarded your inquiry regarding the Ibis Tek TowBar NSN 2512-100-001. We have had a few reports of failures when the Tow Barwas used as an extraction devise. We would like to have the Tow Bar returnedfor our analysis through our RMA...- actionpaintball
- Post #41
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
I could not get it to mesh incorrectly (it may be possible but would look horribly offset)... but I do know the bar was stowed straight with the legs together and they never "popped" out past 45 degrees during the install (IE past the end of the teeth mesh). Everything was symmetrical. I...- actionpaintball
- Post #40
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
Those big teeth just keep the geometry symmetrical just like you mentioned: They force the bar angles to be equal. It's hard to tell from those pictures, but it would be impossible to install the bar with one of the legs offset from the centerline more or less than the other. I contacted them...- actionpaintball
- Post #37
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
Those big teeth just keep the geometry symetrical just like you mentioned.- actionpaintball
- Post #36
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
I had feet...they are still on the truck, we pulled the pins to drop the dragging bar ends. I am not sure I would even be able to turn 3 degrees without a joint at the bumper clevis attachments. Hypothetically, lets say the whole bar was mounted statically with no joints on either...- actionpaintball
- Post #28
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
The truck was making a regular right hand turn. It looks like the left hand leg of the bar failed in tension and ripped out at both welded joints. The right hand leg looks like it buckled at the same time. This was at less than 5 MPH taking off from a stop. The tow vehicle was freely rolling...- actionpaintball
- Post #24
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
Pics are coming. Rolled in after a full day recovery at midnight. Had to work at 6am. M923A2 towing a 5 ton tractor (M931).- actionpaintball
- Post #19
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
IBIS TEK 2512-100-001 NSN# 2540-01-577-3683: Tow capacities up to 44,000 This is/was NOT the HMMWV tow bar.- actionpaintball
- Post #10
- Forum: 5-ton and up
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Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.
I purchased one of the *new* surplus Ibis Tek (black)44,000 pound tow bars to aid in recoveries (was never used). We were using thisto tow a 5 ton tractor with a transmission problem off base for a later in the day flatbed tow. Bought 4 trucks and got three safely operational. Bought the proper...- actionpaintball
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- Forum: 5-ton and up