turbopath Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 So I'm looking to be able to tow some stuff with my R50, but I don't want to get it hung up on junk offroad. Anyone know which hitch has the lowest profile? I'm gonna vote against whatever alex has...(uhaul?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissandoms47 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 hung up? plz.. thats where the gas pedal comes in. but i like the uhaul hitch because it protects my bumper, i dont mind it sliding across some stuff. although i did make my mark on tip over challange and poison spider. i wonder if those gashes in the rock are still there.. lol. but i havent been hung up on anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have a stock hitch, and the few times that I ventured off-road it gave me very little problems. I wouldnt worry about which one, just the the strongest one for the cheapest price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4le Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have a reese hiddin style hitch I recently put on so I havent hade the chance to wheel with it yet. I think that it would make the least possibilities to hang on anything and will make recovery easy because you can just wrap a strap around the tube, but I thing I would have liked a bigger square one because it would offer more rear protection. If your going to get hung on something back there and dont have a hitch, your bumper is coming off. All I knew when I ordered it was that it was a reese class III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Clearance on the hitch isn't nearly as much of an issue on R50's as it was on the WD21's. The hitches on old Pathy's hangs down A LOT. It seems on the R50's they're tucked up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) My Pathy has been equipped with a U-haul hitch since about the first month I owned it, and it has held up to major abuse. I've never got "hung up" because of the hitch. However, it has saved my bumper quite a few times. Just about all hitches for the Pathy stick out as far as the U-haul hitch, because it has to clear the under-mounted spare tire. If you're that worried about it, do this: Edited January 25, 2007 by XPLORx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpeace Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 did you fab that or was it puchased? ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I use the gas pedal. never been stuck on the hitch yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) did you fab that or was it puchased? ^ Fabbed. Used 2" square stock, drilled holes for the receiver hitch pin, welded one of these to the end of it, then painted it. If I were to do it again, I'd use a much shallower angle (10-15° from vertical) instead of 45° so it doesn't stick down so much. Edited January 25, 2007 by XPLORx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopath Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 lol...if they're that tough then I may as well get one. I was just amazed following alex as he sunk that thing into the ground. I was just waiting for it to catch on something. But I guess you're right, better the hitch than the bumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) Also, the U-haul hitch bolts to the frame in more places than other hitches. I've seen hitches that only bolt to the frame where the factory tow-loop brackets attach (4 bolts per side). The U-haul hitch also bolts to the frame further forward (5 bolts per side): (Ignore the extra bracketry and wheels on the sides of the hitch; those were added to my U-haul hitch later.) Edited January 25, 2007 by XPLORx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) The (not so) Hidden Hitch only has those 4 bolts - replaces the factory tow plates, and is rated Class III, but I never tow anything heavy. It's primary function is to act as a factory bumper retainer for ditch crossings. It paid for itself when I backed into a low concrete barrier in a parking garage, of all places.... would've totally munched the factory bumper. And then there was the girl who rear ended me, not a scratch on the pathy but it made such a mess out of her Pontiac... Edited January 25, 2007 by herm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopath Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 so you're saying I should get a uhaul hitch, throw in some tough hardware with it, and then just try to break some rocks offroad eh? I guess I can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopath Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 looks like uhaul changed the design. The new one I was looking at online only came with 4 bolts a side. (uhaul website) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) The stock one has like 5 or 6 bolts on each side. Edit: The actual hitch has 3 on each side. The mounting plates have 2 or 3 more to bolt to the frame. Edited January 29, 2007 by NismoSkyZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Fabbed. Used 2" square stock, drilled holes for the receiver hitch pin, welded one of these to the end of it, then painted it. If I were to do it again, I'd use a much shallower angle (10-15° from vertical) instead of 45° so it doesn't stick down so much. Nice.. I gotta say, good work man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4le Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 dean, you are too cool! Why dont you tell us what else you have done! I havent ever heard you say anything about that befor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 dean, you are too cool! Why dont you tell us what else you have done! I havent ever heard you say anything about that befor! Hmmm, well that hitch modification was done in spring 2003, so it's been a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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