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Subject:Trailer hitches..couple of questions
From:Don Hanson
Date:Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:59:26 -0800

I want to add a hitch to my 2wd 84 with manual tranny and 5sp.  I have 2"
square receiver hitches on all my other vehicles.  Is there a hitch for
Vanagons with a 2" square receiver?  I would like to interchange all the
various pieces between all the vehicles, the hitch extensions..or whatever
that part with the ball or the equipment rack fits onto.    What I need to
haul right now is a Wells Cargo tool trailer.  Not often, and not far but
it'd be pretty heavy when loaded..Probably more than a Vanagon should haul
over any distance.  Later on, I might be tempted to put a scooter on back
there or an exterior cargo box or something...but for now, just need it to
haul ( very few  short and careful trips) my tools around this fall.

  I would probably have about 2 hundred lbs of tongue weight when the
trailer was poorly loaded.  I can usually lift the tongue, barely.  I also
see there are adapters that change the size of the hitch 'sockets'.  Maybe
that is the only way to get where I need to go...a smaller receiver with a
larger 2" adapter?  Just a quick Google shows me a Class 1 from JC Whitney
for ~$109...I could afford that..

  Anybody have any input on hitches?

  Thanks,  Don Hanson

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