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Date:         Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:39:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Frank <frank001@ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank <frank001@ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Receiver hitch
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Check my homepage under 'Photos' to see how I made my own receiver hitch.


Frank


http://home.att.net/~frank001/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html




----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Receiver hitch




> >I have always wondered just how durable the welds are on the tow loops
>>these kind of hitches bolt to.
>
> I've seen a few vans with broken off tow loops.  The metal loops
> fractured,
> at the welds the welds did not fail.
> I don't know how it happened though or whether it was towing related.
> Anybody know of a case where a tow loop mounted hitch failed?  I've heard
> 3rd hand of a couple cases.....
>
> Gary Lee
> Calgary, Canada
> http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/vw.htm
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