Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:43:48 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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Kool idea!!  Just don't forget to open the rear hatch and take out the
jack stands before lifting the van with the wagon wheel jack (old name
for highlift jack) You won't be able to get you rear hatch open.

I think I will get myself one of those highlift jack just for the purpose.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Bob Stevens wrote:
> 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!!
>>
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