Where to attache a tow rope ?

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Where do you attach the tow rope to pull the disabled vehicle out of the danger zone or on a Trailer? Does anyone have anything mounted on the vehicle or stub Frame to quickly attach a rope ?
If so, a picture would be nice.
Thank you.
 
Ive done this twice. Both times were to load a car on a trailer. Not to get it down the road however im not sure why it wouldn't work short term. I put the rope around the center of the stub .
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Thank you for response, I did the same but it is hard to reach the K Frame Beside the Oil pan with the car on the ground, and you should not wear your sunday suit.
Therfore I was thinking obout installing a hook to the stub Frame, where it is easy to attach the rope.
 
Don't put it on the sway bar or the strut rod.
I had a '73 NYB that someone had hooked on the strut rod sometime before I bought it. I had bent everything back, but there was a crack in the front that I should have repaired, but didn't get around to it. I was driving home one night from a friend's and it broke. There was a girl driving behind me and she stopped.... Ended up dating her for 2 years.
 
I had a '73 NYB that someone had hooked on the strut rod sometime before I bought it. I had bent everything back, but there was a crack in the front that I should have repaired, but didn't get around to it. I was driving home one night from a friend's and it broke. There was a girl driving behind me and she stopped.... Ended up dating her for 2 years.
Okay, that's a nice story with a happy ending. What a good thing a breakdown can be
 
I have also always used the K-frame/sub frames. Or, on one of my cars that gets winched in my enclosed trailer regularly. We welded a tow hook on the core support. Also, nice if ever needed to be pulled off the track.

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That looks nice. But you've lost some threads for the LCA pin's nut, don't know if that makes a difference or not. But you are absolutely going to be pulling on those fewer threads. Not as much load if the car is rolling OK, but if stuck in mud or with a locked brake maybe that nut might pop off? Pulling it onto an inclined trailer or roll-back recovery truck increases load, too.

And don't forget to put the cotter pin back in.

If I would've been faster to reply, I would've suggested to wrap a chain around the crossmember, bolted it to itself, with enough extra length and a clevis hook on the end. Hook the hook onto something at the bottom of the radiator support and it would be an easy reach-under to get it when needed. Enough slack to readily get ready to use it, but tight enough that it doesn't hang down. Chain size and bolt grade should be sufficiently-sized.
 
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