Date:         Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:46:05 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Receiver hitch
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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The tow hook mounted hitches will break the loops if used for carrying
any load that imparts a twisting action. BTDT! That is why I designed
the hitch that I did.

Dennis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Alistair Bell
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Receiver hitch

Oh, I don't doubt they will take a pull, a more or less direct pull,
but it was the force applied perpendicular , ie tongue weight, that i
was wondering about.

Alistair


'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 11-Apr-05, at 8:21 PM, Greg Potts wrote:

Hi Alistair,

I figure that if they're strong enough to pull a 5000 lb vanagon, they
should be strong enough for a 1000 lb trailer.

But that's just my opinion. I am not a professional automotive
engineer. YMMV.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
1988 Vanagon GL 8-passenger Automatic
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