Yep, its a military surplus tow bar, suitable for a deuce and a half.

Flat towing something so large and old is not easy and for sure not for everyone. There are a bunch of safer ways to move a truck.

Tim's truck towed well, but I had near 13,000 lb leading it down the road, plenty of HP and excellent disc brakes from a medium duty truck. We kept up at 60-65 mph. It was still a long drive.

Also drained the water out of the rear axle, and removed, cleaned, repacked with grease, and added some lucas oil additive to the rear wheel bearings.

Grigg

•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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