Nighteyez, hitch
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Nighteyez, hitch
Does your truck have a hitch strong enough to tow a trailer with the truck on it?
I don't have anything that will handle it myself, but maybe we could use your truck. I would cover the gas and the trailer rent.
You would have to tow it out of Coursegold which gives you a few miles of downhill mountain road, and then 100 miles of 99. Your truck ready for this?
We will need to use a chain and my 4wd jeep to get it out of the hole it is in, and load it on the trailer after we get it to the road. (somebody is going to have to steer it so bring a bug bomb!)
Also, we will need to stop somewhere and wash it down, and spray for bugs, before we take it onto Mikes land.
I don't have anything that will handle it myself, but maybe we could use your truck. I would cover the gas and the trailer rent.
You would have to tow it out of Coursegold which gives you a few miles of downhill mountain road, and then 100 miles of 99. Your truck ready for this?
We will need to use a chain and my 4wd jeep to get it out of the hole it is in, and load it on the trailer after we get it to the road. (somebody is going to have to steer it so bring a bug bomb!)
Also, we will need to stop somewhere and wash it down, and spray for bugs, before we take it onto Mikes land.
Last edited by WillyB; Dec 28, 2006 at 08:48 PM.
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Geeze Clint, I have pleanty of truck to haul it, but my gosh, that's a long way out there to Coursegold. I would need to go around the Sierra's and back up from Fresno. We're talkin some serious miles to get out there. Like a couple of days round trip probably.
See what comes up on posts, then we'll talk.
Give me a call here in the next couple of days, or send me a PM with your tele Number so we can discuss this.
I think it would be better if someone has something closer, but, I suppose we gotta do what we.....
Hopefully someone closer has something do-able.
See what comes up on posts, then we'll talk.
Give me a call here in the next couple of days, or send me a PM with your tele Number so we can discuss this.
I think it would be better if someone has something closer, but, I suppose we gotta do what we.....
Hopefully someone closer has something do-able.
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Tim, that is not fair - I have enough trouble keeping screen names correct without you jumping in and messing with my mind.
I read your post several times before I realized you were not nighteyez, who lives close to me and just 20 miles from Coursegold. That is why I was asking him about his truck!
I read your post several times before I realized you were not nighteyez, who lives close to me and just 20 miles from Coursegold. That is why I was asking him about his truck!
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I have a hitch receiver on my truck, but not the hitch or ball. I am sure my truck is capable of hauling Stacy's truck, if we can find a trailer it will fit on. However, I have not checked the truck for trailer wiring. The bracket is there for a trailer connector, but no wires. I can get a hitch and ball at Pep Boys, and a pin for $25-50 (depending on tow cap) I believe. My neighbor says he has a hitch ball for my truck, but he is on a run to Texas, and will not be back until the 3rd or 4th of January. (He is a truck driver). The brakes are good in the truck as the rears were replaced about a month before I bought it. 
Would just need to know when you want it moved. Would have to figure out which hitch/ball to buy, and maybe have U-Haul wire the truck.
Would just need to know when you want it moved. Would have to figure out which hitch/ball to buy, and maybe have U-Haul wire the truck.
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Yes, the standard 2 inch box, and I guess we can wire it ourselves. Just never wired a trailer before.
Also have the trailer brake box under the dash too.
Also have the trailer brake box under the dash too.
Last edited by Nighteyez; Dec 29, 2006 at 11:28 PM. Reason: add more text
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Electric brakes are more for campers - heavy trailers mostly use surge type brakes - no electrical connection to the truck.
What days are you off and free to do this?
What days are you off and free to do this?
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