front tow bracket for f250?

mmidlam · Dec 21, 2018

I wanted to tow a 93 f250. How does a tow bar connect to the front? Making a bracket does not seem obvious...Can't use the bumper and there is no good mounting holes or surface on the frame. Someone have a picture to get some idea from..

Ozlander · Dec 21, 2018

If you can mount a snow plow on it, you should be able to mount a tow bracket.

leroy in ne · Dec 21, 2018

I have seen receiver hitches on the front of some pickups and snow plows mounted on them. you might want to look at how items like these are mounted to get ideas. Do search for RV tow bars for ideas.

jon f mn · Dec 21, 2018

Look in the openings in the bumper for the tow hook mounts, use those.

ericlb · Dec 21, 2018

a word of warning on those fords, they dont flat tow very far of fast, none of the transmissions and transfer cases self lube like the old cast iron 4 speeds did, i pulled my 90 f350 behind a belly dump semi truck to a job so i wouldn't have to drive the semi to town to eat at night ect, by the time i got to about 180 miles the ford truck locked up, it had ruined the transmission and transfer case due to oil starvation, that idea of taking my truck with me cost over 6,000 to fix and that was in the 90's, probably twice than now, and automatics havent been towable since the early 60's, to tow the truck you must remove the driveshaft or on a 4x4 both driveshafts, thats a pia

jacksun65 · Dec 21, 2018

I get a heavy piece of angle iron and mount it to the frame below the bumper. Has worked good for several thousand miles. Make sure you can tow the truck you may have to remove the drive shaft and put the transfer case in neutral.

Bob · Dec 21, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:11:41 12/21/18) a word of warning on those fords, they dont flat tow very far of fast, none of the transmissions and transfer cases self lube like the old cast iron 4 speeds did, i pulled my 90 f350 behind a belly dump semi truck to a job so i wouldn't have to drive the semi to town to eat at night ect, by the time i got to about 180 miles the ford truck locked up, it had ruined the transmission and transfer case due to oil starvation, that idea of taking my truck with me cost over 6,000 to fix and that was in the 90's, probably twice than now, and automatics havent been towable since the early 60's, to tow the truck you must remove the driveshaft or on a 4x4 both driveshafts, thats a pia

K, Eric, so "riddle me this"..

You didn't say what tranny you had, and it's not unreasonable that it could have been damaged by towing.

But for the tranny to have been damaged, the transfer case HAD to NOT be in neutral and was turning the tranny.

Yet, your transfer case likely had an internal oilpump driven by the output shaft, which would have been operating just the same is if the vehicle was proceeding under it's own power.

So what was different between it being towed vs. being driven that destroyed the transfer case???

BigPapa53 · Dec 22, 2018

I would suggest a car hauler trailer.

-Scott

ericlb · Dec 22, 2018

dont know bob, both boxes were in nutural, that tranny was a 5 speed manual, the transfer case was that aluminum pos, i think named a 1350, they had a rep for bad oil pumps, i had to put 2 in the replacement transfer case while i owned that truck, now it was a snowplow truck but that transfer sace should have been up to that job, after the 2nd pump failed i hauled the truck to a off road shop and told them to build me a case that would stay together, they did, i finally sold the truck to a golf course of all things they wanted it to plow the golf cart trails, got about what i had paid for it,

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