RE: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...

["Merlino, Rich" <Rich.Merlino@Eclipsys.com>]

Hi Brad,

Here's a post from yesteryear.  Many of us have seen Russ's Sy with this
stealth hitch setup.  I don't know if his email is current.

HTH,

Rich Merlino
'93 Ty white/white
San Jose, CA 

From:     Russ Hagey [hagey@hevanet.com]
Sent:     Tuesday, March 09, 1999 10:57 AM
To:  ANDREW PRICE; SYTY
Subject:  Re: Custom Trailer hitch

Andy,
|
A friend of mine works at a lowering shop and he modified a hitch to 
slide right into my Sy.| I only had to drill one hole on each side frame
rail 
and cut the square hole in the bumper behind the plate.| It took him about
2hrs 
to modify the hitch. I used a license plate bracket from a 77 Monte Carlo.
He says that you should be able to find a fab shop that will do this for
you.
Just bring them a S-10 hitch and they should be able to make the end plates 
like we did.| 

Below is a copy of my earlier post.


Russ Hagey
Portland, OR.
Sy #1807 

>Well,| I finally got my trailer hitch installed on the Sy last weekend.
>What a chore!
>My buddy at the 'Drop Shop' ordered a S-10 hidden-hitch from Chassis Tech.
>We could not figure out a way to install it where we wanted it as it was. 

>It would have been too high and stuck out past the license plate too far. 
>He didn't want to cut into the frame rails, so decided to saw an inch off
>each end 
>of the hitch. He then made a template and fabricated new end plates, 
>which we ended up having to trim a little more to get it to fit right. 
>It slides into and rests on the lower part of the frame rails. Used the
two
>existing holes in the frame rails and drilled two new ones. Put on a set
of 
>grade 8 nuts and bolts and it is SOLID.
>Cut a square hole in the bumper behind the plate.
>Now I need to get the flip license bracket from an 80's Camaro, and wire
>in the light plug.
>Had to order an extra long(16 in) receiver for fear of hitting my
>tailgate on the trailer when backing up to it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: epolk [mailto:epolk@erols.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:10 PM
> To: syty@syty.org
> Subject: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Just curious as to what kind of trailer hitch setups anyone 
> may have on
> their Sy's?  Don't know what brand or type mine is(got it with the
> truck) but I have to remove the roll pan (rear bumper) to bolt up
> trailer hitch for motorcycles, boat, etc. Are there any hitches out
> there that do not require removal of the roll pan but do not hang out
> from under license plate?  Has anyone modified any hitches to fit with
> roll pan on maybe receiver is behind license plate?  I don't want to
> drive everywhere with  the hitch on but I don't want to swap them
> whenever I need to use my trailers.
> 
> Thanks
> Brad Polk
> epolk@erols.com
> #0024 Sy
> Manassas, Va
>