Installed a backup camera
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Installed a backup camera
I installed a backup camera over the weekend. I wanted a clean install that would allow me to see the hitch when hooking up to my TT. From in the inside, I can see the barn doors across the top of the screen but it's still a very clean image.
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I like that idea.. Thought about putting a backup camera on for the wife just because of the lift and you cant see small cars behind us. Maybe I will rethink on my postioning for it but I dont know how i can get it to work with an 8" Drop hitch.
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If you are using that big of a drop hitch...maybe also get one of those magnetic tool pickups. Put it on the center of the ball, then when you back up, line up the hitch on that tool (left to right)...once the tool "falls over" you are under the trailer.
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Yeah I put alot of thought into the hitch. I used to pull the boat with a 08 F150 super crew and what I Did was measure the hitch from the ground up. Then did the X. What I came up with was about 7". As I am only pulling a boat then I went down hooked the boat up the the f150 and see how much settle there was and measured that wasn't much. So then I took into account leaf springs. As the F150 has 3 leafs in each rear spring and my X has 8 leafs I figured that 1in that it dropped on the F150 would turn out to be maybe 1/2" on the X. So I was looking at 7.5" of drop. So the closest thing I could find was 8" of drop. I havnt made it over to hook the boat up to the X yet but will do so soon.. I let ya know what I discover.
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I'll try to get better pics in the daylight. In the meantime, here are some crappy cell phone pics in the dark.
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A few years ago, VA Sheriff got as many from Sam's Club as he could and shipped them out to us that wanted them because Sam's did a huge price drop to move the product. Most of us paid around $25 bucks for the units.
Here's my install thread: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post7785341
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Here's my install thread: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post7785341
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I got mine for the best price ever. FREE! A friend of mine had it and didn't want to install it so he gave it to me. I'm pretty sure it came from Costco. The name on it is Rear View Safety. Backup Camera System | Rear View Backup Camera | RearViewSafety.com
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