Re: [GMCnet] Trailer hitch [message #328184 is a reply to message #328171] |
Fri, 12 January 2018 19:23 |
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Tom Lins
Messages: 372 Registered: February 2004 Location: St Augustine, FL
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jimk wrote on Fri, 12 January 2018 14:08It looks like it can handle the PULLING . the Toung weight is an issue, but
if your going to pull a car, it should be good for 6,000 lbs.
We have two hitches, and I have towed the 4.000 lbs mini van over 100.000
miles with our light duty unit and when I slam on the brake the Towed brake
comes on strong and it still tolerates the stress as it is all horizontal.
Pulling a trailer is different as you need to deal with toung weight.
I use the Square receiver HD hitch only because the newer Tow Bars require
the square hitch.
Were an Authorize Blue Ox dealer so we get eddicated on these things .
Never Weld on thing as it is not always reliable. All the tow bar and base
plates are bolted on.
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Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk@appliedairfilters.com
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1-800-752-7502
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How far thru the bumper does the Thru the Bumper hitch you are selling extend?
I installed one on my last GMC but I do not remember how far past the bumper it extends.
What I am thinking is since I would have to move the bumper back 2 inches to put the toolbox from Frank
on, as long as the thru the bumper hitch extends more than 2 inches past the bumper it can be made to fit.
It would require cutting the bumper mounting flanges off and repositioning them to where the bumper ended up
but that is not that difficult.
Could someone with one of these measure how far sticks out past the bumper?
Tom Lins
St Augustine, FL
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