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  1. av8or

    Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.

    Have towed a number of M916 & 920 as well as 5 tons most of the tows were over 1000 miles with no failures. Like the light weight very much!
  2. av8or

    Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.

    Just pulled another M923 a little over 600 miles. Recovery number 6 with this tow bar.
  3. av8or

    Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.

    It is possible to open and close the angle causing the gear teeth out of synch, causing the eye to be offset. Which would change the loading and stress. As I said earlier I have used this model a lot. Looks as though the weld may not have had enough penetration or enough weld material.
  4. av8or

    Catastrophic Ibis Tek tow bar failure; snapped like a twig.

    I towed a M916 & M920 from DE.to FL as well as 2 5 tons locally & the Ibis Tec worked well. Any sign of a mfg. defect.
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