Ever needed to pull out a truck that is buried in the mud or sand
and wanted a simple and safe place to hook the tow strap? Well the
Double Trouble is the answer!
The Double Trouble is a square
piece of metal that fits into your receiver hitch and has 2 hooks
welded on the end. We have seen many people use the tow ball to
connect a tow strap to. While this does work, it is not the safest
thing as the strap can pop off the ball under heavy load and cause
some serious damage. With the dual hooks, rated at 10,000 pounds
each, there is no chance of the tow strap popping off.
Bob
Temple is the creator of the Double Trouble hooks. He has been
off-roading since the 1950’s. Bob tells us he was out in an
old suburban one day and got stuck 10 feet from the top of a steep
hill. A friend of his was at the top of the hill and had a winch,
but the only thing he was able to connect to were the spring
shackles since there are no tow hooks under the bumper like on the
newer trucks. After this incident, Bob bought a couple standard
bolt-on tow hooks and was going to add them to his front bumper for
future similar situations. While installing them Bob “had a
vision from a higher power” (as he says) and created the
Double Trouble hooks. Bob says when the idea hit him he thought it
was “Stupid Simple”. In fact he was going to call the
Double Trouble hooks “Stupid Simple” but figured it may
offend some people and decided on its current name.
The Double
trouble hooks come in medium and heavy-duty versions. The medium
uses 3/16th” stock and the heavy duty uses ¼”
stock. Each hook is milled to fit tight into the square stock. The
boltholes in the hooks (where you would normally bolt them to a
bumper) have round stock inserted through them and then everything
is welded together inside the square tubing. Once the inside is
welded the hooks and square tubing are welded together where they
meet then a weld is applied to the shafts of the hooks.
Bob
offers a limited lifetime warranty on his hooks. If you break one
he will replace it free! He says if someone can break it he wa nts
to see it to believe it then he will send you a new one. Bob is
very confident in his product! The heavy-duty Double Trouble hooks
are $42.95 each, which includes shipping.
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