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    This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    Ahh, he's got Utah! plates on it.


    That should make the window-shattering trip across the street even more Exciting!

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    Is it really that hard for people? Sell the blazer and pick up an older Ram/3500/F-350.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    So let's play this out. Here's my prediction for level or downhill--uphill being too obvious to predict, i.e. trailer, tail gate gone.

    So:

    Tailgate, never designed of course to support this, destabilizes and mounting brackets may or may not shear off--either way, foot flies up, takes out rear window and, as trailer continues to tilt, jacks up vehicle via roof in an ass-up jack knife; which, at speed, would also allow trailer to travel forward and steer vehicle wherever physics takes it.
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    Image of Potatosw✭tter Potatosw✭tter
    05/11/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Is it a coincidence Chevy makes both the Blazer and the Impala? Unfortunately I think the overhang is too low for the trailer to ride forward, though. Sooo close.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/11/09

    @Potatosw✭tter: I don't think it will "ride" forward, unless a can opener cutting through cheap tin can be said to "ride forward."

    I wish we had some video to go with this!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    Whoever did this is playing a dangerous game with gravity. From my experience, gravity always wins.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    He should attach a couple of milk crates full of rocks to the front bumper.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/11/09

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    Please tell me he would get pulled over for this.
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    Image of Real_Slow Real_Slow
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    "Coming soon to the campground near you"
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    05/11/09

    @Real_Slow: KIA + DOA = KOA
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    Fifth Wheel Whale sez "Too much tongue weight!"


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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/11/09

    @Ash78: WTF? Is that some sort of enormous tumor, or a natural part of the whale? Either way, ick.
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    05/11/09

    @combat chuck: That is apparently a swollen whale tongue. I learn something new from Google Image Search almost daily (leave Safe Search ON if you know what's good for you)
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/11/09

    @Ash78: So, the poor guy licked an iceberg and got stuck to it?
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    I'd follow him around so I could snag the DeWalt tools that will inevitably fall out of the truck.


    The proximity of the trailer to the rearend of the truck makes it appear that this rig is for going straight, and that only gentle arcs are to be taken.

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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    Yet another example of why our gene pool is too shallow and needs thickening up. Darwin isn't doing his job quick enough.


    Where's leavethegun-takethecanoli? I need someone to hold this guy down ....

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/11/09

    @aSoundofSleep: I'm right here.


    Here, take the hammer, and swing away.

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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    I'll bet that front end displays a fair amount of wander lust. Under the right circumstances, it probably becomes a bounder.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/11/09

    @Alfisted: You've got to be a real adventurer to take this thing out on the road. This big heavy beast can be expected to set the pace arrow forward at full speed down hills. Around sharp corners and over potholes it's likely to be a real swinger, smashing through your rear window like a warrior.


    On the bright side, however, the sea breeze through the open tailgate will be amazing - but if you get going too fast somehow, you could end up with a southwind storm inside your Blazer.

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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    I'm sure that truck will drive away without a hitch.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/11/09

    @Ash78: +1
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/11/09

    @Ash78: or a tailgate.
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    05/11/09

    @Ash78:
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/11/09

    @Major Liverfailure: I heart-click you twenty thousand additional times today!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/11/09

    @Major Liverfailure: That's the funniest shit I've seen all day.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/11/09

    @Ash78: I think this is better than some of your COTDs, BTW, IMO, CNG.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    If you see this on the road, pull over and just wait till it's totally gone. Especially if it's headed up a hill and you're behind it.
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    Image of clinto clinto
    05/11/09

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    Too awesome for words.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    05/11/09

    In reply to This Is NOT How To Install A Hitch
    That's not a 5th wheel.. thats a ball an pintle.
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