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towbar I.D

123mack

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I recently aquired a towbar which I need help identifying. Th OAL is 87 inches, and non adjustable. It is bigger than a medium adjustable. The pin holes measure 1 1/8" in diameter, as opposed to the 1.5" of a heavy towbar. Th spacing at the foot brackets measures 1 7/8".
 

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Recovry4x4

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Gimpyrobb and Poppop use this type regularly. Pretty durable bar. The feet that you need are not all that plentiful but they are out there!
 

gimpyrobb

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Yup, good bar ya got there. Just missed out on some feet for it a couple weeks ago on ebay. I will let you know if I come across any.
 

123mack

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Thanks about the feet. The winches, antennas and 50cal ammo box brackets along with whatever other junk I can load up - maybe a crank up antenna mast are going to the GA rally.
 

123mack

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The're Milemarker hydraulic winches off of HMMWVs. One has a full spool of cable and fairlead, $300.00 The other has about 3/4 spool of cable, no fairlead, $250.00
 

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I had one of those a couple years back I pulled out of a junkyard. Sold it quick, didn't take long. I guess they are pretty sought after. That was the only one I ever found.
 

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Nope, they are all gone. Only towbar on this end is a loaner from peecook, I still have to drive down to Richmond to bring it back.

I had about 30 towbars on the truck at Aberdeen 2009, I kept throwing them out there and buyers kept snatching them up. Before I knew it, I sold all the mediums I had, including my own personal one. Oh well, I'll replace it eventually.
 

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Those feet in the pic are NOT what you need, those are 1" on the towbar end and 1.5" on the vehicle end - used for pulling armored vehicles. You need the standard 1" on each end, they are much more common anyways.
 

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I was told the upgrade version had a 3 inch colar welded at both ends of the tow bar brackets, on top of the existing butt weld pieces- and were the only ones to be ulitized due to side pressure failure of the tow bar. :roll:
 

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gimpyrobb

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6x6guy, your bar is a different tow bar. That is the modern "medium" tow bar. This one is bigger, heavy-er, and non-adjustable.

Yup George, I know.
 
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