Crappy front towing hook?

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Crappy front towing hook?

Postby labsy » Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:59 am

Hi,

few days ago my Pathy was soaked by swampy meadow just deep enough to sit on wet grass in front, while back had barely an inch of ground clearance. With my road winter tires I had no chance, of course.

When we hooked it to tractor and pulled in driving direction, front towing hook simply snapped off, just like nothing:
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I saw it only has 2 M8 bolts. WTF???
Is this by default? If so, I suggest welding it before any serious recovery operation.

We had to extract backwards, towing by the hook w/o problems.


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