tjZ06

I have the Phoenix hooks, but they all seem to mount the same. Are they strong enough to use to winch your car onto a trailer on a regular basis (I'd hope so, since pulling out of a sand/gravel trap would probably stress it even more)?

Thanks,
TJ

spazegun2213

let me put it this way, they are MUCH stronger than the thin metal of the bumpers they are attached to. No way that tow hook it self will fail.

AU N EGL

sperkins

The Pfadt hooks I use are mighty flimsy.
Luckily I haven't had to use them yet.

Jason

I've loaded the car using the front and the rear eyes.

tjZ06

I guess that was my real question: how strong is the system as a whole. Whatever the weak link is, will it fail with repeated pulls onto a trail?

-TJ

GettReal

I've used my front tow hook for loading my car on the trailer many many times. Ive also had the luxury of being hauled through the the infield at the Glen from the bus stop back to the garages, thats a long pull - up hill - down hill. Its held up exactly as I had hoped - no issues.

Mine are built by Powell race shop but I'm guessing they are similar to most out there. I got the removable hinged type.

The Spark

I have Pfadt hooks front and rear on my car. They attach to the front bumper with rivnuts. When I wrecked my car and we ended up in the mesquite trees, the wrecker driver asked if he could attach his cable to the hook to get it out.

I told him to try it but it would probably pull out. Well, it didn't pull out. They pulled my car out and up on the flat bed wrecker.

Later, at the body shop I was winching the car into my trailer and did not notice that the left front wheel was wedged against the brake caliper and was not turning. I pulled the car about 8 feet on the pavement and then into my trailer dragging that one wheel. I wondered by the winch seemed to be working so hard. (I'm an idiot for not walking around the car and checking it better).

The hook worked great. It is elongated a little now from use but I put it on my new car. It is alot stronger than you think.

Hoping never to have to use it again except to load/unload my car.

davidfarmer

pulling a 3000lb car up a trailer ramp only puts about 500lbs or so of load on the towing system. Considering a 1/4" bolt will theoretically hold 4300lbs, you can see it really doesn't take much to pull a car up a little hill

96CollectorSport

I installed one of these on our T1 car and it had to be pulled out of a swap at Blackhawk. (The car was in the swap up to the drivers door!)

I have it bolted to the frame (same as Phoenix) with a single 3/8" grade 8 bolt and some large washers, it pulled the car out of the muck and onto the flatbed just fine. So if that works the Phoenix one will be just fine.

JohnD60

One more example of how strong they are - The Hallet tow truck operator used my front tow hook to pick up the car to get me off the air fence before they towed me in.

Same tow hook is back on the car after repairs.



John

Larry Bittner

The attached tow hook for the C6 is now available for the C5. The only difference is it mounts on the right side. It is much stornger than all the others. See attached

varkwso

Phoenix hooks are easily up to the task if mounted properly.