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How hard is it to DIY a trailer hitch?
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:43 pm
U Haul just quoted me $400 for parts and installation for a trailer hitch. I’m looking to pull a 1500 pound pop up trailer.
Seems expensive to hook up a piece of metal and some wiring.
Seems expensive to hook up a piece of metal and some wiring.
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Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:43 pm to StringedInstruments
Vehicle type? Just find the instructions online and answer for yourself if you can handle it
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:44 pm to StringedInstruments
just wing it
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:45 pm to StringedInstruments
The hitch is easy
Electrical can be tricky depending on vehicle.
$400 isnt crazy but can probably find a local place for $200-300
Electrical can be tricky depending on vehicle.
$400 isnt crazy but can probably find a local place for $200-300
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:45 pm to StringedInstruments
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Seems expensive to hook up a piece of metal and some wiring.
Buy one from Amazon and bolt it on. If you have to drill, just mark carefully. Most trucks these days have frames with predrilled holes and all of the hitch makers will build it to fit those. At least on mine it was that simple. You can speed it up with a good impact driver with a socket driver on it. Old school with a ratchet will work fine too, just make sure it is tight.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:48 pm to StringedInstruments
you like it in the poop chute? If not buy it and do yourself.
Make model and year of vehicle?
Make model and year of vehicle?
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:48 pm to StringedInstruments
Get you a Reese hitch and make sure to leave the sticker on it
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:49 pm to StringedInstruments
Shouldn’t be too hard for you to handle it
Just find a video on YouTube and get after it
Just find a video on YouTube and get after it
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:50 pm to StringedInstruments
What's your vehicle type? I helped a buddy install one on a Camry. He ordered it on Amazon (I think the brand was Kurt) and they had video instructions on installing on youtube. It took us a couple of hours but we were drinking.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:53 pm to StringedInstruments
This reads like a bad idea. A 1500 pound missile, rocketing off your vehicle backwards, when your DIY project fails?
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:54 pm to TribeCalledQuest
use superglue and baking soda, you should be fine...
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:55 pm to StringedInstruments
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Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:58 pm to StringedInstruments
Just use stereo wire. It'll be fine. Tensile strength issa veddy good
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:00 pm to StringedInstruments
ask for a $50 discount and call it a wrap.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:02 pm to StringedInstruments
If your vehicle's frame is predrilled for a trailer hitch, it is pretty simple.
U-Haul's parts are jacked up in price to start with.
What type vehicle are you using?
U-Haul's parts are jacked up in price to start with.
What type vehicle are you using?
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:04 pm to Boudreaux35
Kia Sorrento
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:05 pm to StringedInstruments
Do you have a pickup truck with a rearbumper cut out for a ball hitch? If so, you are about 20 bucks away, my friend.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:09 pm to djangochained
Price out renting a GMC Canyon or similar. Depending on the length of your trip, you could probably go 5 or more days rental for 400. Lets be honest.. you'll NEVER use that hitch again.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:12 pm to TribeCalledQuest
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This reads like a bad idea. A 1500 pound missile, rocketing off your vehicle backwards, when your DIY project fails?
Jesus you're a pussy
Posted on 5/28/20 at 3:15 pm to TribeCalledQuest
quote:you know, TribeCalledQuest, you're what the French call les incompetents
This reads like a bad idea. A 1500 pound missile, rocketing off your vehicle backwards, when your DIY project fails?
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