Quote:
Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Be causious with those front tow hooks. The crossmember they're attached to are pretty weak and I've seen many of those bent up and tweaked out by getting tugged too hard from a stuck. Use some common sense in tugging too, or getting tugged.
|
+1
The front hooks aren't useless, I have pulled a small tree stump out of the ground with them. But they're nowhere near as strong as a rear frame mounted hitch is. That crossmember is pretty flimsy, therefore there's a limit to what you can do with the front hooks. If the hooks were mounted directly to the frame, that would be a different story, but that's not the case with the Ranger.
I suggest going going underneath (if you can't see it through the cutout in the valance) and take a look at that crossmember yourself. If you actually look at it, you'll see it's not something you'll want to put a lot of trust in for heavier-duty tasks.