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The drawbar of a Hi-Lift buried 2/3 of its length at about 30° is a very stable winch point in certain types of terrain. You'll need a good 5 pound sledge to drive it.

Splitting hairs again. Forgive me for not memorizing your post by rote. we're not trying to that's a bit over the top for a camper, looking to run an Alaskan on your '85 Hardbody? I forgive you for not reading my post. You know, there where I said you'll never boost the GVWR, only make the...

You're splitting hairs. You said you had 400# of bumpersliderskidhilift12vfridgewhateverthe**** and I said if you want to haul it all and the kitchen toilet too you need to upgrade beyond the design parameters. And gears are about 30% of what determines your GVWR, suspension another 20%, brakes...

Damn near looks done on purpose.

A 200# bumper is non-essential to the operation of the vehicle as engineered. If you want to operate the vehicle outside the design parameters, modifications must be made. You mentioned suspension , the next step is regearing.

Hey Andy, not sure if you have a line to engineering, but do you think you could enquire as to the feasibility of adding some extra length to the shackle pins (ALL of them, not just Epic) and drilling a hole so a lock can be inserted? I realize this would require new molds and casting, etc, but...

Btw, Palominos rock. That's a good camper Id kill to have one on my Nissan.

Your converter, in its original 1983 form, was only there to replace the battery if you had shore power available. That's what the switch is for, it selects shore power or battery as the 12v power source. It is also not designed to recharge your battery from shore power. I would replace it with...

Mine is a torsion axle. No flip necessary, just add blocks. 4" lift I'd love to revamp it with Timbren's axle-less suspension! It's done some hairy fire roads, it's main limitation for off-road is actually the short tongue and on-road style coupler. A little length on the tongue, a max...

Too bad you're on the other side of the country. My '89 Palomino is going up for sale this weekend priced dead spot on your budget.

Those are cast with stamped ratings. Do any of the hooks in your pics have stamped ratings? I'm super biased, obviously. I had a tow hook go through my rear windshield in my younger years, and snapped one on my Frontier a couple years ago (wicked pull, all we had, etc...) Will never recover...

How many amp hours in your battery, to start. That's your initial limiting factor. A nice flooded group 31 deep cycle will run that furnace a lot longer than a starting battery, for example.

I would feel really sketchy on a snatch pull with any of the ones you've shown in that post. They're all cast, and not a single one can be "closed" leaving a chance for slippage at all times. Not safe. There is a huge difference between a tow hook and a recovery point.

The mats are likely better rubber than the tires...

I wish I still had the snapped hook from my Frontier. The thing was absolutely porous. I did drop the disclaimer "snatch-style pull" btw. Sure, an OEM tow hook will hold up when you're getting winched on the tow rig. I doubt that's what the OP is looking for though.

The problem with factory tow hooks is that they're made of cheap pot metal, and break easily on snatch-style pulls. The brackets and shackles, not so much. They do sit a bit low compared to aftermarket bumpers, but for $85 vs. $1200 I think it's a worthy trade-off. Yours sit a bit lower than...

A couple of pieces of 3/4" thick by about 12" long angle iron and a couple of well placed holes and you could bolt them up to the stock tow hook locations. ...

This thing is sick!

That's exactly what it is, I believe. The cable is pulled and the assembly moves the DS forward and inch or so and holds it in place so that it may spin disconnected from the rear diff while towed. Is this thing AWD? Yup, google e350 rear coupler disconnect. Images tab has blueprints and all

*ducks back in* That's the other thing. Noone but Shrock will rate their hitch bumpers for us Nissan owners. Sucks, I need a good tow bumper with departure angle! *Dashes out the side door*