Made my own hitch for the Topkick!

[Nick The Great]

Looks good Brian but I think if you got a little more input from some our forum members you could have done better.

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A bungee cord strung around the tail light mounts would have worked fine

 

[dietz4ibanez]

Looks good Brian but I think if you got a little more input from some our forum members you could have done better.

Sent from my pocket.

A bungee cord strung around the tail light mounts would have worked fine

I actually drove it around for a day with a ratchet strap holding them on... This was until I drilled the holes for the brake lights to be bolted in...

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[Alljackedup408]

I thought this was gonna be another Davebell thread... your username starting with a D scared me at first.

Great job on the hitch man!

 

[Alljackedup408]

Looks good Brian but I think if you got a little more input from some our forum members you could have done better.

Sent from my pocket.

A bungee cord strung around the tail light mounts would have worked fine

I actually drove it around for a day with a ratchet strap holding them on... This was until I drilled the holes for the brake lights to be bolted in...

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[dietz4ibanez]

I thought this was gonna be another Davebell thread... your username starting with a D scared me at first.

Great job on the hitch man!

Dang, I could only imagine the fear in our minds reading a thread like this from Davebell...

Looks guys, I mounted my hitch with a ratchet strap and zip ties...

This thing ain't going no where...

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[Black02Silverado]

Looks good Brian. Now weld a "D" ring on there so you have a place to latch the safety chain. Just hooking it on there looks so "Getto".

 

[dietz4ibanez]

Looks good Brian. Now weld a "D" ring on there so you have a place to latch the safety chain. Just hooking it on there looks so "Getto".

Yeah, that's the plan! I was at Raleigh hitch and Agri supply with intent to buy 2 "D" rings and I forgot!

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[hotrodpc]

Pintle Hook for the win !!! I like those much better for medium duty bumper pulls. Not much faith in 2 5/16 balls.

 

[mr_bots]

I'm sure you did a finite element analysis on that to get the Von Mises stresses on the plate and calculated the necessary weld?

 

[daddy]

^nerd.