12-05-2005, 03:35 PM
hopefully strong enough - most of the bolt on tow hooks i've seen bolt to the bumper support and they hold up fine. With a hole cut in the bumper, the loop will be able to articulate enough not to rip the bumper off. I would prefer to put bolts in the frame, but it would make the location of the loop really poor, and the u bolts would be too long, IMO - and i'm not even sure I could find a u bolt that long thats still load rated at 5,000 lbs.