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Stephen Newell · Oct 4, 2012

I know what the thing is. We had a wrecker company haul our car home the other day and left this hook attached to the car. I would like to know what it is called so I can locate and buy one for myself.

glennster · Oct 4, 2012

its called a cluster hook

glennster · Oct 4, 2012

heres a link
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Mike M · Oct 4, 2012

You now have one.

Revredneck · Oct 4, 2012

The title says "name this tool," so I'll recommend the name "Steve."
Good Luck and God Bless

Stephen Newell · Oct 4, 2012

Well its not mine and I'm going to return it to the guy. I've already called him and told him where he lost it.

Uncle Ernie · Oct 4, 2012

They call it that cause they use it when there is no where else to hook to when there has been a Cluster F**k...

Stephen Newell · Oct 4, 2012

Thanks, It always helps to know what your shopping for. Nearly every vehicle I own has really no place to hook a tow chain. The cluster hook looks like what I've needed all along. I had just never seen one before.

glennster · Oct 4, 2012

there are hook points in the frames / uni-body rails on all vehicles. some round holes, some slots, for either the tee cluster, or hook type cluster. there are books that list vehicle type and hook points along with what type cluster hook you use. we have them in all our tow trucks. you can also get a bridle that has clusters on each end, then the winch line hook in the center, or, a bridle with j hooks.

Dan in North Houston · Oct 4, 2012

I think Northern Tool has them in their catalog.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 4, 2012

That is a neat site....thanks.

glennster · Oct 4, 2012

here is a cluster/bridle and a j hook bridle set up

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Two Dogs · Oct 4, 2012

Will he not tell you what it is? TDF

Ken Macfarlane · Oct 4, 2012

Its a special took used by tow companies to tear slots in the frames of unibody cars when they aren't paying attention.

Stephen Newell · Oct 4, 2012

I didn't think to ask and I seem to be getting a lot better info here anyway.

wisbaker · Oct 4, 2012

My Dad hauled cars out of Lansing, Michigan for 27 years, they are "T" or "R" hooks or sometimes called frame hooks. They used to use "J" hooks but at some point GM told them they couldn't use the "J" s any more only T's and R's. This time of year was always interesting if there was a significant change in the cars as the trucking company figured out what/how many they could haul on the various types of trucks and what/where they couldn't tie down without damaging the cars. With The car carriers it was hard to slip by with being overweight, after about 2-3 weeks commercial carrier enforcement had a pretty good idea of what to count on the truck to know if they were overweight. Example one year if you had any combination of more than 5 88's or 98's they knew you were at least 500#s over on the drive axle. Another year if they didn't see at least 3 Cutlasses they knew you were over gross weight.

Dusty MI · Oct 4, 2012

I have 3 or 4 of the T type hooks. I bought them, used them once and decided to do something different. I'll part with them for 1/2 price.

Dusty

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