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#3343 of 4940 paisan by anonymous02 Oct 23, 2002 (6:09 am)
"...those "back injuries" are trumped up to try to collect more from workman's compensation. Not to mention that the Cherokee is a Uni-body vehicle there is not frame on it! Was he wearing his seat belt? A lot of factors we don't see in a small snapshot about the case."   All good and important points!   "...Now the only time I disable it is if I'm running on sand or dirt...."   That is what I was thinking...
#3344 of 4940 ABS cont. by paisan Oct 23, 2002 (6:21 am)
Also when on sand or dirt it's only disabled if I'm gonna be "rallying" since when offroading generally you are going below 10mph and my vehicles turn off ABS below 10mph anyway.   -mike
#3345 of 4940 by ateixeira Oct 23, 2002 (6:46 am)
LOL, anonymous02.   Some Subie owners have pulled the fuse with no ill effects, except not having ABS, of course.   -juice
#3346 of 4940 Oooh, I can't wait for this one... by jaserb Oct 23, 2002 (8:26 am)
In response to this guy's back injuries, are we going to see federally mandated crumple zones built into all trailer hitches? I can see it now... come to think of it, I'll bet that even without the reciever the hitch on my Santa Fe sticks out farther than the bumper.   -Jason
#3347 of 4940 jaserb by anonymous02 Oct 23, 2002 (8:28 am)
"... even without the reciever the hitch on my Santa Fe sticks out farther than the bumper."   You mean "... even without the hitch the reciever on my Santa Fe sticks out farther than the bumper."?   Yeah, that!
#3348 of 4940 by steve_ HOST Oct 23, 2002 (8:48 am)
Jaserb, you did see in the story that the author suggested telescoping trailer hitches, a la steering columns?   Shouldn't add more than, say, $400 to the cost of the rig.   Steve, Host
#3349 of 4940 yippee by anonymous02 Oct 23, 2002 (8:59 am)
A $40 hitch just turned into a $400 nightmare?   !!!
#3350 of 4940 by steve_ HOST Oct 23, 2002 (9:01 am)
I thought someone would enjoy that, LOL.   Steve, Host
#3351 of 4940 Not to mention by paisan Oct 23, 2002 (10:17 am)
No way a telescopic one will be as strong at least not w/o significant R&D and materials.   I'll keep my rear metal bumper thank you very much   -mike
#3352 of 4940 Yeah, read what I mean, not what I write! by jaserb Oct 23, 2002 (11:55 am)
Hey, maybe they can use "bendy-straw" accordion-type technology for this! And when you need to make a tight turn backing up, just bend the little accordion part on your hitch into the correct shape and away you go! Yeah, that'd be a great idea! Oh, and who's buying $40 hitches? Are they made of tin foil? Even the cheap-o universal type I've seen at WalMart are around $100 or so. The custom Draw-Tite hitch I put on the Santa Fe was around $130 for a Class III, plus wiring harness / ball / ballmount / shipping / etc. It looks pretty slick - only the receiver shows. Here's a pic: http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=E&Product_Code=41543&Category_Code=H I'm still working on getting something to attach to it (SeaDoo jet boat), though... -Jason

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