Trip down to SBSO .. broke hitch reciever!!!

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Mar 15, 2004 | 09:44 PM

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all in good fun greg, all in good fun!
Lookin forward to seeing you get that thing movin at thunder shootout in Oct.

you should be in the low 14's once you get it going,
give me a hollar when you do and we can go out to the track

Mar 15, 2004 | 09:47 PM

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hey my truck was dirty!!!!!!!
really it was

you can ask Lance he stared at the front end of it for 3-1/2 hours sunday morning

while it was pouring down on us...

Mar 15, 2004 | 09:50 PM

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I think it's worth mentioning again that his stock 4.8 toted my truck and all our crap down there. It surprised me how well it pulled the truck/trailer and gear too. My truck weighed in at 4380 (raceweight), the trailer was listed as 2000, then add in all the stuff I took out of my truck (speaker box 100lbs, tools and toolbox prolly another 100, luggage prolly a good 75 to 50, and an ice chest coming in at prolly the same. We also had some stuff in the cab of his and 4 of us. I would say a good 7000-7500 lbs of extra junk and it got just over 10mpg on I-30 from SA to Waco holding 65-70 fairly steady. I was impressed to say the least.

It was a 4.8 that got the big check too

Mar 16, 2004 | 08:47 AM

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Next time you might try parking your truck backwards on the trailer. That first pic looks like there is alot of weight on the tongue. Make the trailer carry the weight, not the tow truck.

Mar 16, 2004 | 09:36 AM

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We thought about that but decided the aerodynamics would be horrible that way. It would have had to move air for the tailgate, then the back glass which are both straight edges as opposed to the grille and windshield, which are slanted.

I think it's worth saying too, the first hitch was overloaded no doubt on the overall weight and tongue weight. The factory one was more than likely overloaded on tongue weight, and pushing hard at the overall weight. It still handled it like a champ.

Mar 16, 2004 | 10:45 PM

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All I can say is loading it backwards you wont be able to do more than 65 mph. Trust me, this is how we loaded it going to san antonio.
after the shootout we loaded the truck forwards, and was able to drive 70-75 with out the trailer trying to get away from the Yukon.
there was just tomuch wind resistance loading it backwards

, make your butt pucker when that trailer started to weave back and forth behind the Yukon.

Mar 17, 2004 | 12:00 AM

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LMAO .. I hate trailer sway. Once I had 3 4wheelers on my 8x16, two Grizzly 660's front to back pulled all the way up, and a little Ozark on the back sideway. I got going down I-20 about 75, a desiel blew by and the trailer started swaying bad. All I could do was counter steer and hope for the best while we coasted to a slower speed. Luckily it came down safely. After that .... you could see the *** imprints on the seat when we got out of the truck.