[pierze]

Anyone know where to find the plain rectangular / square pusher bars that I see on the highway service tow vehicles in Southern California? I've only ever seen them on two truck titans, however, when I looked really close the front end seemed like a plain old Gen1 and these bars simply bolted on to the OEM tow hook location. These ones were SUPER burly and had a thick ~1/2" or maybe even 3/4" thick rubber pad. They are for *actually pushing cars* . For whatever reason it is impossible to find these via Google (all that comes up is decorative bull bars / brush guards / etc). I figure this is an accessory question for people towing and hauling, hence this forum.

Thanks!

 

[honda250xtitan]

if you're towing/hauling why would you need a push bar? headed to the sprint car track after???

 

[pierze]

I've often done things like detach a trailer in a sloped driveway, rotate it 180 degrees, then try to get 4 dudes to push it up. Sorry if this was the wrong place - I figured "tow and haul" was "place where people do real work with their truck" and this is "real work - pushing cars out of ditches, moving trailers, not getting your bumper crushed with the work truck in front of you backs up, etc etc".

 

[pierze]

oh... I just re-read your commend and realized yes, I actually do plan to head out to El Mirage next weekend and pushing would be insanely useful there.

 

[honda250xtitan]

oh... I just re-read your commend and realized yes, I actually do plan to head out to El Mirage next weekend and pushing would be insanely useful there.

haha fair enough.


for real work i traded my titan in for a 6.7 Ford. gets lots of work done with 900LB tq.:devil:

 

[DeadRiver]

have you considered a front mounted receiver? a few guys here have installed them.

http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-towing-hauling/127539-front-hitch-w-pic.html

 

[DeadRiver]

this is more what you're looking for about midway down the first page: http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-parts-accessories/109563-new-front-mount-receiver-pics.html

 

[pierze]

this is more what you're looking for about midway down the first page: http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-parts-accessories/109563-new-front-mount-receiver-pics.html

Yeah, that's close to what I want, but not quite there. I'm not super interested in a front mount hitch for a handful of reasons. For starters, I want something bolt-on, preferably where the tow hooks go (to the best of my knowledge the receivers need welding). Next, I want minimal increase in vehicle length (it barely fits in the night garage as-is). I'm also keen on the really subtle square ones I tried to describe originally - I'd describe the picture "Custom Front Receiver, Pushbar" as... not subtle. heh. I appreciate the ideas, though!

 

[pierze]

Hot dang I found a picture that's kinda what I'm looking for!!

 

[honda250xtitan]

how high you gonna bring it up? if its too tall and doesn't have any support other then the tow hook spot, the top will bend back when it gets used IMO. Custom made would be relatively simple, if you have the tools. Unbolt tow hook, use the holes to mark the new bracket. Some heavy angle iron would work fine. Then off the angle iron you can bolt/weld the "push bars".

A shop would probably make it not worth the hassle tho (cost wise)

 

[pierze]

I'm looking for something that's maybe 10 inches tall, total. I was hoping to do like a 40/60 split where it's 4 inches down from the tow hook spot and 6 inches up. Basically I agree it can't go too far up or it wouldn't be very strong. What I'm looking for is pretty much some steel bars with rubber pads - preferably just like 1/2" steel and then another 1/2" of rubber (not 4 or 5 inches deep like the cop car above). Unfortunately I don't have the tools to fabricate that properly and I'd really prefer bolt-on, hence this thread .