The GMC CCKW

Folks,

Anyone have any pictures of how owners have adapted the 'banana" like tow bar for transport mounting on CCKW. I have seen distance shots of it mounted on the side of the bed for transport but can't make out the types of brackets being used.

Also pictures of it on the Diamond T wrecker with transport mount hardware would be great.

Thanks,

Bill

i dont have pictures but if you look in book red ball express page67 shows tow bar might give you some sort of idea

This is an old thread, but I remembered a Tow Bar mounting and found my photos. This is on a wood body and the truck has the Set Number 7 equipment installed.

Hope this gives you some ideas.





I purchased one of these tow bars last June and hope to get it painted and mounted similar to this. On the 4 Ton Diamond T wreckers the tow bar is also on the right side but is mounted with the curved side at the top.

In these photo's you can see the rear bracket has a verticle pin that the tow bar is lowered onto. On the front there is a short verticle tube about the size of the inside diam of the lunette. The bar is retained with a top piece of channel iron about 6 inches long and it has a large safety pin fitted with a small chain so you don't loose the retaining bar.

Any day you don't need a tow bar is a good day.

Cat Man

Jeff,

Sorry about the delayed response. I was taking my son to College.

Interesting placement on the tow bar. I will examine it further.

Bill

Bill:

Make two (2) sets of brackets....

Thank you!

OK, So I'll ask the question,

Just how many of you guys have the Banana tow bar?

Bill, Dr D and me. Who else?

Cat Man

I have the "Banana Bar" and V tow bar for my Diamond T. The pictures below show how it is mounted onto the bed of the Diamond T. Both assemblies are very heavy.

John Gott