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#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
#3353 of 4940 Hidden Hitch by paisan Oct 23, 2002 (12:11 pm)
$99 JC Whitney for a Class IV up to 7500lbs IIRC for my Trooper. Wiring harness was $25.   -mike
#3354 of 4940 by steve_ HOST Oct 23, 2002 (12:52 pm)
I pulled the $40 number out of the air; didn't intend to mislead anyone.   Don't know about the class of SUVs here, but don't most of the "big" SUVs, (like the Trailblazer for example) come standard with receiver hitches now anyway?. So spend the $40 on the ball and clip pins and the little fake prop hitch cover.   Steve, Host
#3355 of 4940 by ateixeira Oct 23, 2002 (12:52 pm)
You sure that's a Class III?   Looks like a 1 1/4" receiver, is it actually 2"?   I got the OE Subaru hitch from Darlene, no charge because I had built her web site. So that was a pretty good price.   -juice
#3356 of 4940 Yeah, it's a 2". by jaserb Oct 23, 2002 (2:40 pm)
It's actually pretty beefy, it tucks right down inside the bumper so you see almost nothing. I've mostly used mine for renting yard equipment (trench diggers, post hole diggers, etc) and for extra cargo space - I have a hitch mounted cargo carrier.   I don't think any of the cute-utes have a standard hitch, and I've heard some not so good things about the Hyundai accessory. Come to think of it, I think the Escape's optional hitch is a wimpy 1 1/4 Class 2. Probably adequate but it sure looks like it belongs on an Accord with a little U-haul trailer behind it.   -Jason

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