Where would be a appropriate mounting point on the Honda Fourtrax Foreman 4x4 for a D-ring mounting plate to use for being towed out on the front end?

I've thought about running two U-bolts through the front bumper to go around the grill rack but I'm not sure if that is as strong as mounting it to the frame somehow.

Please tell me your experiences if you own one of these.

Thanks

Jon

 

You want to distribute the weight. If you pull to hard on any one thing, it might bend.

First off, the Foreman is no lightweight! So for me, adding a D-ring and plate is just adding more dead weight....and up front where it does the most harm. The best thing I have found is to use a short tow strap and just leave it permenently tied on the front. I loop it around both sides of the frame members at the front, to distrubutes the load to both sides so no one side has to take all the strain.

I loop the extra length up onto the rack, and tie it off. If you were stuck in the mud, then you don't even have to get off the quad. Just reach forward and untie the extra length, and have someone throw you a tow line and hook it up without having to go around to the front of the machine. Light and simple!

 

Im not exactly sure were a good place to put a d hook on the front the foreman but ive seem then put low bumper before. Reconranger, how much weight do you really think that do hook weighs. You have to be the most weight worrysome person i know. YOu have good info but you and that weight thing.

 

Every little bit of extra weight adds up, and it all adversely effects a machine's handling!

I once purchased a winch. Warn said the winch was 12 pounds which didn't sound to bad, but you add in a mounting plate and a roller fairlead, and you are strapping 35 extra pounds of lard on the machine, and all out in front of the axle. What an idiotic idea!

 

This is a good suggestion and we do use this method when winching however the bottom plate would interfere when being pulled out if the nose was up in the air. The bottom plate would get damaged in the process.

Either we would have to modify the plate or remove it completely. Or we could put the plate on the front bumper.

 

I have a winch and couldnt tell a difference whith or with out it. I think the goods out way that bads with a winch personally.