Sorry I never got photos for you. I know we've been pming Matt, but let me take some better photos of our stowmaster setup. It's rated for 6000 lbs and of course our truck is right at 5780 at the moment with junk in the back, so we are on the ragged edge, but I think we are ok. As for towing forces, flat towing your cruiser does generate some force on the tow system, but certainly nothing that more extreme than trying to jerk recover your truck or someone else's out of mud or up an embankment etc. flat towing down the road is relatively mild in comparison to the forces peeps put on their bumpers/shackles on the trail. That photo you posted above where the recovery shackles are attached directly to the frame, that's how I attached my base plate using the included hardware. Once again, I periodically check my mounts and the huge bolts holding them to my frame (lock washers too) and they haven't shown any loosening, signs of stress, or deformation. So far so good. About to add another 3000 miles on my setup so we can report back more data.
