okay YouTube so here's a typical tow hook that you would mount on your frame this is a two hole
tow hook and these are approximately 1.5 inches or maybe 38 millimeters separation on the holes
this one's rated at 10,000 pounds five tons which is probably a reasonable working limit for this in
fact I think this might be even stronger because you've got a full circle of material rather than
just the hook but you can imagine if this were mounted on the bottom of your frame and you had
a strap through here and that strap would fall out now they do make little retention clips that
can go in here on some tow hooks that can help that having the d-ring anchor gives you a much
more secure attachment point because everything's physically held together they're not relying on a
little flap of metal here to keep your strap in place I've had those fall out even with
strap retainer in there but yeah if you have a tow hook like this and you want to replace it with a
d-ring anchor they are the same bolt hole spacing and just show you here there's two bolts on the
tow hook and they go right through same holes on the d-ring anchor and if you look here these are
pretty much the same physical dimensions length of the attachment point is pretty much dead on
the d-ring anchor is a little bit shorter it goes a little less far forward it's not as tall as the
tow hook so you know if you're replacing a tow hook and you've got clear and surround the tow
hook the d-ring anchor should fit the widths of these are approximately the same you know they're
both about an inch wide the big difference will be the the ring itself you're looking at about
one inch wider to the outside edge of the d-ring here one particular problem area you might find is
on a an 85 or older Toyota or wheel drive pickup or 4runner you've got the tow hook is right next
to the front leaf spring hanger this might clear the leaf spring hanger bolt because it's inside
of the hook but this because it's solid that leaf spring hang or bolt is going to hit this
okay here's where I have tow hooks mounted on my 85 for runners so this is my custom front bumper
mount I've extended off of the frame in front and then I have a two inch tall block here to
raise the bumper up and I have the tow hooks mounted on the side of that this is an actual
air chamber inside the bumper so I have my air fittings right there and there just wouldn't be
any room between the bumper and the tow hook to put one of these d-ring anchors so that's the
kind of thing you have to be aware of if you're thinking about installing a d-ring anchor is you
need about an inch of clearance between the side of the d-ring and whatever is above below or to
the left or the right of it to be able to fit the d-ring in there and I just wouldn't be able
to do that now here's one of these retainers that kind of keep your tow strap in place but you can
see how this one's been bent a little bit and it doesn't quite close all the way you know if
you have a set of tow hooks and you want to set a d-ring anchors we have these available either
in single pieces or in a pair with and without the d-rings so we can convert you from a tow
hook to a d-ring anchor or if you just have like a factory tie-down point on your truck and you want
to go to something like this we can get you set up the d-ring anchor is about the same overall
dimensions as a tow hook except for the width so you can see how the tightest side is going
to need about one inch of additional clearance to the side to be able to fit your anchor in
place you know at the minimum maybe five eighths of an inch and then by the time you get to the
widest part of the shackle it's about one inch Weider's check your clearances before you try
to put one of these in the shackle pin is going to be kind of in the center of the loop of the
tow hook if you've got something in the middle of your tow hook you might have some clearance
issue just check those things out before you pick one of these up gives you a couple of use or they
ought so you can figure out the clearance you need but check that out on your truck there's
anything on either side of where you want to mount one of these you need some room to fit the shackle
in place is it a tow strap doesn't take up a lot of room but one of these guys takes up fair bit
of space I'll have a link to the both our web page for the d-ring anchors and then I'll also have a
web page for a vendor that has a lot of different recovery shackles you can find some variations on
those if you need something particular anyway hope that helps if you have any questions you can post
up in the comment section down below or you can contact us by email link will be on the webpage
and I'll put some of the other products over here on the left side and as always thanks for watching