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Subject:Re: Need towball or receiver for SA tow hitch
From:Karl Ploessl
Date:Tue, 24 May 2011 16:37:34 -0400

Go with David's measurements. I recall that it needed some convincing
to get all the bolts in but eventually they did. i will go out tonight
and try to measure

Karl

On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting differences. David's measurement of his hitch adapter is markably different from the one on the website that Karl referenced below. Which one is correct for the SA hitch? I bought a standard bolt on tow ball and it is immediately apparent that the holes are too far apart. Here's what I gathered:
> 3 3/8" �or �85.725mm (from Karl's link)3 3/4" �or �95.500mm (David's meas.)
> 1 3/4" �or �44.450mm (from Karl's link)2 1/4" �or �57.150mm (my calculation)�� � � � � � � �57.125mm (David's measure�� � � � � � � �58.128mm � � � � � � � � ments)
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> Regards,
> BenT
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> On May 24, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> years ago I got the following which I could mount onto the SA hitch
> (one of the last ones from Busdepot):
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> http://coolfj40.stores.yahoo.net/hirefj.html
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> Karl.
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> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:04 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get either a receiver adapter or a towball/hook for the SA tow hitch? I bought one and did not get the hook with it.
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> Alternatively, can anyone tell me the spacing of the holes? I'd measure them myself but the hitch is 100 miles away from where I am at the moment.
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> TIA,
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> BenT
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