Hi Mark,

My family has successfully and safely towed a 5000 lb baywindow bus
with a Jamie Rivers hitch. Those tow loops are pretty near
indestructible  and the hitch is quite beefy.... Frank Condelli has
told me he has seen a recovered westy where the frame bent before the
tow loops did.  Does that mean that Jamie's hitches are stronger than
Dennis's?  Hmmmm.

We should find a pair of testosterone-laden syncronauts and a couple
of stumps and settle this outside. Perhaps a spectator event for
EveryBus or Synchro de Mayo??

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 31-Mar-06, at 4:37 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

> Anthony,
>
> The link and info is great, but as I see it these are mounted to
> the tie down loops and therefore not as good as the hitch that list
> member Dennis Haynes offers.  Dennis' hitch mounts securely to the
> frame with with three bolts per side and plate steel, they do
> require minor bumper modification, at least for chrome bumpers, but
> this takes only a few minutes and you  end up with a very stout
> hitch that fits nicely, installs easily, and will tow anything that
> you would sanely want behind your van.
>
> Mark in AK