W900L Towing/Hooks

I'm no expert but I've seen these tow hooks used to pull fully loaded (78k-80k)trash trucks up and down landfills countless times. Never seen or heard of one breaking. They should handle the weight of a bobtail with no problem.

 

If you had a Herd or Ali-Arc moose bumper on the front of the KW you can single pin the truck. That's one the features of them, removable single pin for towing or being towed. I'll get a picture off one of mine.

 

Not sure what they are made of, but A36 mild steel has a yield strength of at least 36,000 psi. I am going to guess that there is at least a 1 square inch of steel between the 2 sides. Keep in mind that the tensile strength is going to be at least 60,000 lbs/in, so you could hang the tractor in the air from one of them.

 

I have seen some guys use just one but I personaly always use both. I have a heavy 9/16 chain that I use because its when the land fill is to muddy we're being towed by dozers and such so I cant help with rigging to another truck. As far as the thin sides go on my truck they would be the top and bottom with the tow pin dropping in from the top like a wagon tongue. Also the end of the tow hook your concerned with slides inside a piece of square stock that is mounted to the frame eliminating any extreme stress on the thin spots. I'm not sure if this set up is standard or was modified by our shop. I will take a closer look at some other trucks and see what I find.

 

Those tow hooks will take more stress than your truck will. It has been known to happen that guys who do job site work doing heavy haul have been pulled on so hard by a dozer that the truck cannot handle it and it will get pulled apart.