ARB Soft Shackle - Save a $

[JED]

Three days after I installed the ARB left side recovery mount the soft shackle showed up.

Playing around with it it dawned on me that it can be used around the trailer hitch frame. Kind of eliminating the need for the mount.

An opportunity to save a couple hundred bucks! Story of my life.

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[SnowmanJPS]

So when you put tension on it it’ll take out the bumper cover eh?

 

[JED]

So when you put tension on it it’ll take out the bumper cover eh?

The picture is misleading. I did pull on the shackle and it was below the plastic.

 

[tkrum015]

Use the new pull point does not have the sharp edges and is made for pulling

 

[soupy1234]

Use the new pull point does not have the sharp edges and is made for pulling

I think he's suggesting that you can forgo buying the recovery points and just get some soft shackles. The hitch frame is nicely rounded near the ends. However, there are some flat plates welded to it near there that are rather sharp and could cut the shackles if they slide much.
I'm planning to get a recover hitch receiver myself. I'm also planning to avoid any serious "stucks" like the plague.
Not sure what I'll do about the front. I think the weak point is going the be the frame so buying a thick chunk of metal and bolting it in place of the stock tow loops doesn't make much sense to me at this point.

 

[Baltimore]

I think he's suggesting that you can forgo buying the recovery points and just get some soft shackles. The hitch frame is nicely rounded near the ends. However, there are some flat plates welded to it near there that are rather sharp and could cut the shackles if they slide much.
I'm planning to get a recover hitch receiver myself. I'm also planning to avoid any serious "stucks" like the plague.
Not sure what I'll do about the front. I think the weak point is going the be the frame so buying a thick chunk of metal and bolting it in place of the stock tow loops doesn't make much sense to me at this point.

OEM red front tow/recovery plates. It's a pair. Reuses existing factory transport bolts. `MSRP $160, can be had for around $120 at the right online shops. Part# PT974-35250

 

[StreeTaco]

OEM red front tow/recovery plates. It's a pair. Reuses existing factory transport bolts. `MSRP $160, can be had for around $120 at the right online shops. Part# PT974-35250

You have the part numbers for the fronts?

 

[Baltimore]

You have the part numbers for the fronts?

The part number I listed at the end is the fronts. They are cherry red and stamped "Toyota" on the exposed face.

 

[TacoFreak]

OEM red front tow/recovery plates. It's a pair. Reuses existing factory transport bolts. `MSRP $160, can be had for around $120 at the right online shops. Part# PT974-35250

I have been meaning to look for these and found them online for $122 plus shipping.
Thanks for that part number and they already ordered.

 

[certified.lover.b]

saw the front hooks on one of the 2025, think it just came out. thinking about getting it. oem
PT974-35250

 

[BAQ717]

I think he's suggesting that you can forgo buying the recovery points and just get some soft shackles. The hitch frame is nicely rounded near the ends. However, there are some flat plates welded to it near there that are rather sharp and could cut the shackles if they slide much.
I'm planning to get a recover hitch receiver myself. I'm also planning to avoid any serious "stucks" like the plague.
Not sure what I'll do about the front. I think the weak point is going the be the frame so buying a thick chunk of metal and bolting it in place of the stock tow loops doesn't make much sense to me at this point.

How would the frame be the weak point? It’s a fully boxed steel frame.

 

[TacoFreak]

How would the frame be the weak point? It’s a fully boxed steel frame.

Yeah - that is what I thought too. The same frame as a Tundra and an LC300.

 

[soupy1234]

How would the frame be the weak point? It’s a fully boxed steel frame.

Crawl under and look at the metal thickness and welds on the frame vs the thickness and welds on the stock (loop) towing point. I just don't see any point in bolting a thick chunk of metal in place of the stock points. Looks like ARB is doing a wrap-around point that has multiple frame attachment points.

https://arbusa.com/news/the-all-new-2024-toyota-tacoma-gets-the-arb-treatment

 

[BAQ717]

Crawl under and look at the metal thickness and welds on the frame vs the thickness and welds on the stock (loop) towing point. I just don't see any point in bolting a thick chunk of metal in place of the stock points. Looks like ARB is doing a wrap-around point that has multiple frame attachment points.

https://arbusa.com/news/the-all-new-2024-toyota-tacoma-gets-the-arb-treatment

Yeah, I’m sure the ARB are more hardy but it also appears that you’d need the bumper to pair with it. I’m getting the OEM Toyota attachments as a little bit of truck bling, no more, no less. They’ll be used infrequently, if at all. ARB are definitely the way to go if you plan on using them frequently and are doing hard core off roading. Just ordered the OEM ones for $120 shipped though so that’s hard to beat for my use case.

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