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09-29-2012, 06:55 PM
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How not to install a 5er hitch
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09-29-2012, 07:02 PM
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Yeah! Really.....no safety chains!
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09-29-2012, 07:21 PM
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OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and I worry about MY weights 
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09-29-2012, 08:03 PM
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Note the sheet metal screws holding the hitch , and the well thought out tailgate reinforcement, (chains and S hooks, 4X4 wood block)
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09-30-2012, 11:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenCrow
Note the sheet metal screws holding the hitch , and the well thought out tailgate reinforcement, (chains and S hooks, 4X4 wood block)
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You can never be too safe ! 
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09-30-2012, 06:45 PM
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Couple of air bags and he'll be fine. 
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10-25-2012, 02:07 PM
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Just a few more feet and it will be fine! 
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10-25-2012, 02:11 PM
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Hmmm,
I wonder if he has 18% pin weight or not ?!?
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10-26-2012, 07:11 PM
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So let's see... 12000#hitch and 200# tailgate ='s er hmm? 12200#. Looks good to me... Lol
There's another nice set up if you google" beetle fifth wheel" on you tube.
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11-04-2012, 10:33 AM
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Dang, I wish they still made the S10 Blazer!!
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11-04-2012, 12:50 PM
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Gotta be from Iva, SC. I work EMS there and think I know that guy....
"Hey y'all, check this out! Bubba hold my beer whilst we go to the campground. This might get ugly!"
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11-05-2012, 02:10 PM
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Well, if there weren't hills in the background, I would swear this was the guy that passed me on Interstate 10 out of Beaumont, Tx awhile back.
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11-05-2012, 02:36 PM
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I guess if thats all you have to pull it with and you want to go camping bad enough,you do what you gotta do.
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