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linda alexander (Noopdoggy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:30 pm: | |
I am looking to find out where or who can make a custom/welded hitch for my 4905. I am in Gainesville Florida so I wouldn't want to go too far. Please let me know if you have had this done, or if you know someone reliable, a welder maybe that can do this, we can show him pics of what is needed. Help us find a good hitch man, don't wanna be losing the trailer. Thanks, Lin |
TWO DOGS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 1:03 pm: | |
It will have to be welded to your engine cradel....any welding shop...look in the phone book |
Sojourner (Jjimage)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 1:07 pm: | |
Fred Hobe can weld or suggest someone in area.
Live north of Madison FL about 100 mi from Gainesville.
Old bus-conversion pro.
His e-mail is chobe@highstream.net
http://users.cwnet.com/~thall/fredhobe.htm
FWIW
Sojourn for Christ, Jerry |
Jerry Liebler
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 3:45 pm: | |
Two Dogs,
Please quit spreading this CRAP that a hitch'll have to be welded to the engine cradle. By starting out with an 18" long reciever tube, a 6 foot length of 3"X 3"x1/2" angle iron and about 18" of 2" X 1/4" square tube and a couple of feet of 2 1/2"X 1/2"bar stock, 4ea. 6" long 1/2" bolts and 6ea. 2"X 1/2" bolts with nuts and lockwashers & some welding rod. I fabricated a bolt on hitch. It bolts to the plate under the rear bumper and clamps to the diagonal braces of the cradle. NO welding to the cradle or any part of the bus. I've towed a 7500 pound GTW trailer about 10,000 miles full and another 7500 with the trailer empty (still 3500 pounds). It simply works great!
Regards
Jerry 4107 1120 |
TWO DOGS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 4:18 pm: | |
jerry...how rude...whats the difference...you are still facined to your engine cradel...it ain't crap... |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 5:16 pm: | |
Linda-
Near all of the Hertz rental places fabricate tow hitches... |
H3 (Ace)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 7:37 pm: | |
Give me a call... 863/559-9067
I'm in Lakeland about 2 hours south of Gainesville. Have made a custom hitch for an Eagle that worked out pretty good so figure this can be done as well. Time to make it was about 3 hours from start to finish!
Ace |
Jtng
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 10:38 pm: | |
Uhm... I meant U-Haul, not Hertz..
('Scuze me, is this the right forum?) |
linda alexander (Noopdoggy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 9:47 am: | |
Thanks Jerry & Ace & Sojourner (Good answers)...We are just about done with the conversion and are now selling contents of house & life.I don't want to waste your time yet Ace, will get hold of you as soon as the time is right. Maybe a month, depends on life. Thans for your advice, Lin |
H3 (Ace)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 3:58 pm: | |
Noop you wouldn't be wasting my time but rather filling in the spare time I don't have! LOL Just let me know when your in the area and we can fix you right up in a hurry!
Ace |
Jim (Jim_in_california)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 5:12 am: | |
Can I ask a dumb question here?
A LOT of these rear engine buses were set up with a big overhead AC unit over the engine weighing 500+lbs. And a lot of us are dropping those.
It seems to me that any mount strong enough to hold that AC can be used as a "secondary reinforcement point" for the hitch if the AC is gone.
So for example...weld up a "cradle" that bolts to the stock AC mount locations and pokes out the back of the rear cap about 6", and ends in heavy rings. Then when hitched up to something heavy, use strong "winch type" tie-down straps to take up about 300lbs of the hitch weight or more onto the upper cradle and off of the lower mount. This would all be "in addition" to the regular mount system, not "in place of"!
Thoughts? |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 8:06 am: | |
I would think that support was designed for downward loading,
not rearward yanking.. There isn't all that much of a frame up there,
really..
As an aside for my own quest:
Has anyone towed a car behind a bus using the bus bumper
as the hitch point? It's awfully thick, strong and well secured to
the chassis... ?? |