That's the plan.
With a little sarcasm, but also some seriousness. I'd hope that you don't have to check to know if your front end in unlocked or not. There is another option for a 4x4, you can put the transfer case in nuetral and leave the driveshaft installed. The transfer case has an oil pump that's driven off of the rear output so it still pumps oil as the rear driveshaft turns. One caveat though, it's a small possibility, but the transfer case can bounce around and put itself back into gear. The guy who owned the shop I used to work at had this happen to him one time. It was in a Chevy, it had an automatic, and it was a customer's. I have no idea how it put itself back into gear, but when it did, it took out both the transfer case and the transmission. It may have only taken out one,but the transmission was still in park. It doesn't sound possible, but I know of one time that it did happen.BTW: For the OCD among us, of course you make sure the front end is unlocked, as well.
Now that is a fine tow bar Adam made right there. got that Chevy broke to lead too.
My thought was that it's in an appropriate location.Now that is a fine tow bar Adam made right there. got that Chevy broke to lead too.
Forget the like button, where's the love button? I love that setup!
Yup. This is more of the kind of feedback I was hoping for. Thanks to everyone who has contributed.Personally I think your BEST bet is a front hitch and tie into that, your second best option is the whole setup from your other truck.
I'm sure if you're close to the mounts you can get away with it for short distance at reasonable speeds. That being said I'm always paranoid and prefer not to take chances that are avoidable. If I was going to build one myself I would be far happier tying into the bottom of the frame rails and adding some kind of crossmember to mount the tow bar.
If this is a just in case failsafe, I'd want to eliminate the possibility of the failsafe failing. But that's just how my luck typically goes
Just so I'm hearing you right, if you have a ZF 4x4 and need to tow it you can leave both drive shafts installed? Just put Tcase in neutral and somehow it pumps through both itself and the transmission?
I don have that suburban any more I took it south for my sister in law but I kept the tow bar all I did was tie into the frame where the tow hooks are located and bolted it there I used two 5/8 pins to tie to the tow bar and I pulled it 70 to 75 mph for 700 miles without a problem if you want I can take a few pick of the bar by it's self
