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11-01-2018, 02:50 PM
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No hitch? No problem!!
Seems safe.
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11-01-2018, 03:10 PM
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Pickin', Campin', Mason
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: South Western PA
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Wow!
And the nut holding the left side is just run up against the receiver plate. It barely touches the plate! Even a washer would have helped... a little bit!
Some folks will do anything!
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F&AM Lodge 358 Somerset, PA - JAFFA Shrine - Altoona, PA
Days Camped ☼ '19=118 ☼ '20=116 ☼ '21=123 ☼ '22=134 ☼ '23=118☼ '24=90
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11-01-2018, 03:14 PM
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RV There Yet?
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Winona, MN
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probably used to pull their 5th wheel backwards.
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11-01-2018, 03:21 PM
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Pickin', Campin', Mason
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F&AM Lodge 358 Somerset, PA - JAFFA Shrine - Altoona, PA
Days Camped ☼ '19=118 ☼ '20=116 ☼ '21=123 ☼ '22=134 ☼ '23=118☼ '24=90
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11-01-2018, 03:25 PM
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11-01-2018, 03:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IsleDog
probably used to pull their 5th wheel backwards.
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I think the top set of bolts is for the 5th wheel. 
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11-01-2018, 03:27 PM
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Location: Monticello, IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5picker
Wow!
And the nut holding the left side is just run up against the receiver plate. It barely touches the plate! Even a washer would have helped... a little bit!
Some folks will do anything!
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I can see a tab/ear coming off the left side of the receiver where that bolt is so it's not QUITE that bad...but still a candidate for the Darwin Awards.
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11-01-2018, 03:37 PM
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RV There Yet?
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Winona, MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DieselDrax
I can see a tab/ear coming off the left side of the receiver where that bolt is so it's not QUITE that bad...but still a candidate for the Darwin Awards.
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the problem is that they wont take themselves out, they will take someone else out! as they say with snow plows: Stay back, Stay alive!
its a jeep, just buy the dern hitch for it and be done!
this is at a boat ramp, so that kind of explains whats going on here...
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11-01-2018, 03:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
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Think I saw that on an episode of the "Red Green" show, but there was duct tape involved.
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11-01-2018, 04:28 PM
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Kanadian Kamper
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Southern Ontario
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And that barely qualifies as a partial on the license plate, so we can’t call it in.
EVERYBODY STAY WELL BACK 
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2018 Sunseeker 2430S-CD, nicely modified and carried by a 2017 Ford E450 Sport
Former Georgetown 330TS owner for 10 years with more mods than I can count, pushed by our 2017 GMC Terrain
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11-01-2018, 04:31 PM
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54 Years, 13 RV's
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Northern Colorado
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I think that the loose nut is behind the steering wheel.
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11-01-2018, 04:50 PM
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Scoundrel
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Montrose, Colorado
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Putting all those holes in the tailgate was dumb. I would've just used the wiper.
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11-01-2018, 04:52 PM
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54 Years, 13 RV's
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Northern Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HangDiver
Putting all those holes in the tailgate was dumb. I would've just used the wiper.
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Wouldn't that make the trailer sway a lot when you turn the wiper on.
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11-01-2018, 04:58 PM
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Trailer Park Supervisor
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Northern NJ
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I just loved that succinct caption.
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11-01-2018, 04:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Indiana
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Guys come on, look closer . That's a ford with a custom factory ordered hitch. Read your manual. That a 1000.oo option. Ford tried to sell me one when I purchased my new truck, I told them no I didn't like the fact it wasn't on the front of the vehicle
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11-01-2018, 05:30 PM
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54 Years, 13 RV's
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Northern Colorado
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I think if you combine the upper plate and the lower plate that will allow the option for a 5th wheel hitch.
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11-01-2018, 05:33 PM
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54 Years, 13 RV's
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Northern Colorado
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By the way using the 5th will option requires you to upgrade to the Firestone 500 tires.
Available only on the Ford Exploder.
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11-01-2018, 06:37 PM
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Tinkerer and Putterer
Join Date: Mar 2013
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Looks like someone found a new use for the mounting bolts for the spare tire carrier. Honest office I didn't realize hooking a hitch up to my rear lift gate would cause it to rip off going over bridge overpass...
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