Trailer Hitch Instructions
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Burning Brakes
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From: Copperas Cove TX
Trailer Hitch Instructions
We show our 86 during the summer months almost every Saturday.....Got tired of loading and unloading the gear so bought a small motorcycle trailer and a used trailer hitch.........Went to put the hitch on this morning and without an instruction sheet am hesitate.......Can anyone help me with an instruction sheet?????The hitch is for my 86...........Appreciate any help I can get........
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Copperas Cove TX
It's a GM hitch.......Looks just like the Reese hitches that Ecklers sell.......All I need is instructions from any early C4 hitch, I'm sure most installed basically the same way.........
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Drifting
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From: Pueblo CO
Originally Posted by Maui
Trailer hitch on Corvette?
It's a great way to carry your race tires to the track. There is a guy around here with a CE who does it. There's a couple other sports cars doing the same thing.Sorry I can't help with the directions.
Le Mans Master
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From: Edmonton AB
LoneStarSoldier - you have a PM
Maui - trailers are a popular topic over in AutoX & RR.
Here is one of many threads
tire carrier vs cheap tire trailer?
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Maui - trailers are a popular topic over in AutoX & RR.
Here is one of many threads
tire carrier vs cheap tire trailer?
.
Last edited by Slalom4me; Aug 24, 2006 at 07:32 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Copperas Cove TX
Originally Posted by Slalom4me
LoneStarSoldier - you have a PM
Maui - trailer are a popular topic over in AutoX & RR.
Here is one of many threads
tire carrier vs cheap tire trailer?
.
Maui - trailer are a popular topic over in AutoX & RR.
Here is one of many threads
tire carrier vs cheap tire trailer?
.
thanks
LoneStarSoldier
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Burning Brakes
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From: Copperas Cove TX
Originally Posted by Rathbone
I couldn't help someone put a trailer hitch on a Corvette, or a set of bull horns on the hood. You're carrying too much crap - buy an SSR.
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Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by Slalom4me
Who needs an SSR? Not CF member nowakoaj
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Sorry but Corvette and trailer hitch are two things that don't go together in my mind.
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Hi Earl,
good luck with your trailer hitch installation. I look forward to seeing you and your new trailer soon.
good luck with your trailer hitch installation. I look forward to seeing you and your new trailer soon.
Racer
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From: South Bend, Indiana
Originally Posted by LoneStarSoldier
We show our 86 during the summer months almost every Saturday.....Got tired of loading and unloading the gear so bought a small motorcycle trailer and a used trailer hitch.........Went to put the hitch on this morning and without an instruction sheet am hesitate.......Can anyone help me with an instruction sheet?????The hitch is for my 86...........Appreciate any help I can get........
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Give me your email and I'll send you a pdf file of the instructions for the Reese version of this hitch.
Racer
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From: Grand Island NY
Originally Posted by Great White North
Boy would that be a shocker to follow!!!I bet you don't even see whats pulling it!!!
ajn
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From: Orlando FL
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by nowakoaj
This is fake picture! I attached the safety chains and electrical connection to the bumper and then used Photoshop to remove the swing-up wheel. If you look closely, you will see that there is no trailer hitch and ball.
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
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Originally Posted by LoneStarSoldier
It's a GM hitch.......Looks just like the Reese hitches that Ecklers sell.......All I need is instructions from any early C4 hitch, I'm sure most installed basically the same way.........
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Don't mind the naysayers who gripe about towing a small trailer behind a Vette. There are a lot of autocrossers who run both C4's and C5's and we tow our tire trailers to events.
The key is to not tow a lot of weight or have much of a tongue weight. My Harbor Freight 3'x4" trailer with the 12" wheels weighs about 350 pounds fully loaded with my Hoosiers and a tool box and the tongue weight is about 40 pounds.
Outside of not being able to see anything from the inside rear view mirror (except tires), I don't notice the trailer at all.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Copperas Cove TX
Thank you for the offer, but I have aleardy been sent the instruction sheet by another Forum member........It is indeed a GM hitch, probably made by Reese for them......It has a Gm label and part number.......Again thank you for the offer.......
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Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Okeechobee FL
I am in the middle of building a trailer myself to pull behind my Vette for luggage & such on long trips. When you put the top down on a Vert, there is not enough room for mine & the GF's stuff. I am building the frame out of aluminum and then mounting a Sears Cargo Shell on the frame & painting the Cargo Shell to match the car.