Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:16:17 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.
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Although not Dennis's finely crafted and stout leverage-point, I have
some tube bumpers that have receivers in each, front/rear, that have
stood up to being used to pull me out of a steep canyon in Moab, so I
trust these are reliable.

My point ... I just got a high lift jack and had thought of using it
to lift the entire end of the van for placing of jackstands. This may
afterall, work. ;-) ... with caution and chocks.

bob

Unbeknownst to me, the man put a single jack under the
> receiver tube on the hitch and jacked up the rear with the one jack. I
> happened to go out and I spotted it. I was flabbergasted. Terrible shop
> craft - there are jack points right?? I did say something to the
> manager, but the damage was done, and I was curious to see what the
> situation was going to wind up being. Well, it would seem that hitch
> held up just fine. The square tube cross piece didn't bend - heck! it
> didn't even bow the slightest.
>
> I gotta hand it to Dennis. That trailer hitch is hell-for-stout, and I
> would recommend it to anyone!!