 |
03-15-2013, 09:27 PM
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Langley, BC
Posts: 903
|
Snap up bracket handles for dual cam
I love our new Strait-Line dual cam hitch. Except for one thing. The handle is just a piece of straight pipe and that's it. It is well made though.
Our old Curt handle had a nice plastic/rubber grip on the end which was nice and comfortable. Would anyone know if there is another handle out there with a grip on it that we could substitute? The Curt one has a bend in it so that won't work. Or I wonder if there is a grip available somewhere that has a diameter to match the Reese handle? I wouldn't know where to begin looking for just a grip.
__________________
Gil & Deb & Dougal the Springer Spaniel
Langley, BC
|
|
|
|
03-15-2013, 09:29 PM
|
#2
|
|
Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 24,702
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by myredracer
I love our new Strait-Line dual cam hitch. Except for one thing. The handle is just a piece of straight pipe and that's it. It is well made though.
Our old Curt handle had a nice plastic/rubber grip on the end which was nice and comfortable. Would anyone know if there is another handle out there with a grip on it that we could substitute? The Curt one has a bend in it so that won't work. Or I wonder if there is a grip available somewhere that has a diameter to match the Reese handle? I wouldn't know where to begin looking for just a grip.
|
Go to a bicycle shop and get some handle grips and Super Glue one on.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
03-15-2013, 09:34 PM
|
#3
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,327
|
I'd get one with streamers...you'd be the talk of the campground! 
Dave
__________________
Nights camped in 2013 - 55, 2014 - 105, 2015 - 63
|
|
|
|
|
03-15-2013, 09:44 PM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Waynesville
Posts: 14,428
|
I like the Streamers Go to H/D or Lowes and buy (Dip It) plastic handle dip,use it on any handle,no machining or gluing required.  Youroo!!
|
|
|
|
|
03-15-2013, 09:51 PM
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Langley, BC
Posts: 903
|
Yeah, it looks like bicycle grips are the way to go and real easy to find.
If I get one with streamers, that'd make it easier to find in the storage compartment.  Heck, I might even get fellow campers asking where I got the handle from.
__________________
Gil & Deb & Dougal the Springer Spaniel
Langley, BC
|
|
|
|
|
03-22-2013, 12:24 PM
|
#6
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Langley, BC
Posts: 903
|
Handle grip solved. After looking on ebay and elsewhere, I went to the local bike shop. They wanted $20 for a pair of new ones and I said I just needed one to put on the end of an old handle I have. So they looked in their parts drawer of odds and ends and I got a really nice soft rubber grip for nothing.
Bike grips are typically for 7/8 dia. tubing so I had to coax it on with warm water and soap. Now I have a nice looking and very comfortable grip for our Reese snap up handle.
__________________
Gil & Deb & Dougal the Springer Spaniel
Langley, BC
|
|
|
|
|
03-22-2013, 12:38 PM
|
#7
|
|
daydreaming about camping
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: KC area
Posts: 1,404
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by myredracer
Handle grip solved. After looking on ebay and elsewhere, I went to the local bike shop. They wanted $20 for a pair of new ones and I said I just needed one to put on the end of an old handle I have. So they looked in their parts drawer of odds and ends and I got a really nice soft rubber grip for nothing.
Bike grips are typically for 7/8 dia. tubing so I had to coax it on with warm water and soap. Now I have a nice looking and very comfortable grip for our Reese snap up handle.
|
perfect! I have the same system/same handle. will keep that in mind.
My first thought was to get the tape they wrap baseball bat handles with.
__________________
2013 Coachmen Freedom Express 320BHDS pulled by a 2005 F250 King Ranch CC
A rainy day camping is better than a sunny day at work.
|
|
|
|
|
03-22-2013, 01:41 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Langley, BC
Posts: 903
|
And of course, thanks go to Old Coot for this idea. 
But the free one did not have a streamer on it... 
__________________
Gil & Deb & Dougal the Springer Spaniel
Langley, BC
|
|
|
|
|
03-22-2013, 01:56 PM
|
#9
|
|
Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 24,702
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by myredracer
And of course, thanks go to Old Coot for this idea.
But the free one did not have a streamer on it... |
You can always add the streamers.
BTW, you're welcome!
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
03-24-2013, 07:27 PM
|
#10
|
|
Toy-aholic
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chalfont, PA
Posts: 710
|
yes, now I've heard...correction...read it all!!!!
__________________
2005 GMC Sierra 3500 SLT DRW 6.6 D/A
2013 Crusader 335BHS TE
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
