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Subject:Re: 2-inch receiver hitch is the bomb for adding receiver racks, bike carriers etc
From:Gary Shea
Date:Thu, 18 Jul 2002 21:34:01 -0600

[2002-07-18 18:27 -0500] Smola, Tony (TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM) wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Why don"t you have your local hitch shop custom fab a 2-inch receiver set up
> for your vanagon.....put on one the rear as well as the front......with the
> 2-inch receiver box you can add cool items such as reciever racks, bike
> carriers and so on......just be sure that the shop that custom fabs your
> hitch makes it so that it has plates on the side that bolt to the
> chasis directly through large bolts....otherwise you will fatigue the stock
> bumper brackets as the weight of the rack bumps up and down.......trust me
> on that one......
>
> Anyway with a receiver on the front, you can maximize the carrying capacity
> of the van.....a little Honda 50 maybe?
> With some bikes or luggage on the rear receiver rack.......
>
> That's your Tip O' The Day from
>
> Malibu Tony 85' Westy  3.3L SVX

Hi Tony --

What's an SVX?

        Gary