At least they used the hitch and not the engine carrier.
The hitch will easily support the van.
Thanks for the plug.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 6:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.

I have installed on my 88 GL one of the fine frame mount receiver
hitches that Dennis makes. Put it on a couple of years or so ago. Today,
when new tires were to be installed, I was inside the waiting area when
one of the "Tire Specialists" jacked up van using the rolling type
hydraulic jacks. Unbeknownst to me, the man put a single jack under the
receiver tube on the hitch and jacked up the rear with the one jack. I
happened to go out and I spotted it. I was flabbergasted. Terrible shop
craft - there are jack points right?? I did say something to the
manager, but the damage was done, and I was curious to see what the
situation was going to wind up being. Well, it would seem that hitch
held up just fine. The square tube cross piece didn't bend - heck! it
didn't even bow the slightest.

I gotta hand it to Dennis. That trailer hitch is hell-for-stout, and I
would recommend it to anyone!!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver