Re: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...

["Russ Hagey" <rhagey@home.com>]

Brad,

As Rich said, I do have the custom hitch that I describe in earlier emails
below.
I have towed my 16 ft speedboat one time when I moved about 10 miles to a
new
house. My boat is down needing repairs, so I have not towed it since.
I have had many tow vehicles and the Syclone is by far the best(feel wise).
I didn't have to go anywhere near boost, even on hills. I plan on getting
the boat
back on the water this summer and I will get a tranny cooler before I start
towing with it any more.

If it breaks, I'll fix it.

Russ Hagey
Sy #1807

PS - I do have a different email address which is rhagey@home.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Merlino, Rich" <Rich.Merlino@Eclipsys.com>
To: "'epolk'" <epolk@erols.com>; <syty@syty.org>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 6:57 AM
Subject: RE: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...


> 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
> >