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Old 11-23-2014, 03:02 PM
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Any body try jacking the front wheels off of the ground by putting the jacks under the tow hooks?
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Old 11-23-2014, 03:18 PM
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I don't think I would do that brother. You could end up bending the hooks.
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Yeah I agree they would probably just bend. You have to go to something a lot more solid like the frame.
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Look at the design of the hooks and take a guess. They're made for horizontal-plane strength, not vertical.
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Yes, I did. I just was asking if anyone has tried it.
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Why would you ????????????????????
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Put a couple tow straps through the hooks and onto my forklift and jack the sumbitch up in the air.
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I haven't but I would if I was in a real bind or stuck with a hi lift. I think my friend had on his 08 150.

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Bad idea IMO.
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I'm pretty sure that's not in the owners manual?!-lol.....Don't do it
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