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mountainkowboy

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Posted: 03/18/12 02:02pm

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I ordered my superhitch with extension on Friday from radauto in Oregon. $804.00 delivered to my door.....not bad.

I was under red the other day and getting the old hitch off is gunna suck, its welded in....EVERYWHERE! Why do people get so cheap and cheesey....instead of just buying the right hitch for the truck, they hack together some monstrosity and then weld it to the truck? I HATE HACKS!

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SoCalDesertRider

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Posted: 03/18/12 03:13pm

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Nothing a torch and an angle grinder with a zip wheel can't fix.

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Posted: 03/18/12 03:38pm

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Well I opened this cause in the preview I got the first couple of sentences..ending with this is gunna suck and suggest using heat to get the bolts off. Mine was horendous gettin off-but reading the rest of your post- looks like someone already did some heating...

Yup gunna suck that and looking under the dash to see a rats nest of wiring krap that everybody and thier uncle hacked.
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mountainkowboy

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Posted: 03/18/12 07:59pm

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SoCalDesertRider wrote:

Nothing a torch and an angle grinder with a zip wheel can't fix.

I know.....but it would have been nice to just have to blow bolts out!

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Posted: 03/19/12 05:51am

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I would highly recomend that you do an undercoating of the entire hitch once it is installed. I life on the coast and mine has rusted a lot. I love the product and it is very dependable. The only flaw is the powdercoating. A quick coating and you will have that extra peace of mind.

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Posted: 03/19/12 06:39am

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best of luck undoing the hack job....

x2 on the rats nest under the dash have that with truck

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mkirsch

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Posted: 03/19/12 11:43am

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You have a 1990 truck.

We're spoiled by all of this "plug and play" bolt-on, easy-to-install kit stuff. That didn't exist in 1990.

You had to drill the frame or weld the hitch on. In fact your new Superhitch will almost definitely require some drilling and/or welding on such an old truck.

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