winch hubs

[kevbo]

i was told by a friend that the brackets on the very outside of the axles were and can be used as a winch . does anyone else know of this as well and if ya'll docan you explain. thanks

[fireman74201]

yeah that is true
you put a pipe or some square stock in them and wrap ur cable a couple of times and hook it to ur pipe and go for it (low range only)

[wrecker]

The main purpose of those is to tie down during transport using the front and rear D rings. The brackets on the hubs are the exact same as the ones on the rear of the truck.

[Binford]

You're both correct. The caps on the hubs are for the "lifting shackles" to attach to for hoisting the vehicle onto a train car, ship, etc.

But they are also designed to have the tire iron put through them for a heavy rope or cable to be tied off on and the tapered hubs on the rear axle then become a winch to extract the vehicle. I think it's in one of the manuals somewhere. I'm no good at finding those things though, so you can look if you're interested.

[oskarkat]

There are pics for this in the online maint. manual section of the forum under emergency recovery.

[kevbo]

thanks fellas just wanted to be sure before i need them.