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Old 06-29-2008, 03:02 PM
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dont flame. college student who wants a jet ski and needs something to tow it. Also, before anyone says it, I have no friends with trucks. gas is to much for them. It would be a 500 pound jet ski. And I wouldnt be towing it far. does anyone know where i can find or if they even make a hitch for a t/a that is hidden?
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if you need it and are gonna use it then go for it. You can't worry too much what these guys are gonna tell ya. I have a truck but i can see your situation warrenting it
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my buddy had a 6cylinder camaro and he put a hitch on it to tow his jetski. worked pretty good. hitch was like a class 1 or 2 or something like that. i would hold almost no weight but it worked fine for a jetski. i wouldn't worry about distance as he towed his pretty far with no problems. only bad thing was when dropping the ski in the water you had to make sure you didn't get your tires in the water cause it didn't like going up hill with the load and wet tires. hitch was tiny so it didn't look retarded or anything. i belive his was a reese hitch. so they do make them.
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Originally Posted by trans99am
dont flame. college student who wants a jet ski and needs something to tow it. Also, before anyone says it, I have no friends with trucks. gas is to much for them. It would be a 500 pound jet ski. And I wouldnt be towing it far. does anyone know where i can find or if they even make a hitch for a t/a that is hidden?
i dont know where you'd find one, but you wouldnt have any trouble, or do any damage to your car. only problem id see is if its a stalled auto over heating the 4L60E.
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I seen them on summit racing, Im thinking about getting one myself for my dirt bike
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If you have a use for it, go ahead and get one, I was in your same dilema back when I had my LT1..... I never got around to getting one....
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I would try to find one that could be placed under the license plate

just mine .02
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ya i really want to find one that can be placed under my license plate. so i dont have anything sticking out under the bumper. thanks for being cool guys cuz i was reading some past posts about guys making fun of a t/a with a hitch so i was skeptical to post. haha

but i'll check out reese and summit. anybody know if they make one that goes behind the license plate?
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Originally Posted by trans99am
ya i really want to find one that can be placed under my license plate. so i dont have anything sticking out under the bumper. thanks for being cool guys cuz i was reading some past posts about guys making fun of a t/a with a hitch so i was skeptical to post. haha

but i'll check out reese and summit. anybody know if they make one that goes behind the license plate?
I dont see why someone should rip on a T/A with a hitch... if you have to tow something, and thats your only car, you gotta do what ya gotta do. no if you had a truck, and a hitch on your t/a.... that'd be a different story
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ya def. my dad has a truck but that is the downside of not living with your parents. Well if anyone knows of a good looking hitch please give me a link. had a hard time finding somehting on summit. there is stuff on ebay but it looks like it will stick out alot
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I saw a guy towing a u-haul trailer down the highway one day... think his was a v6 bird.. I wouldn't do it if I didn't have to, but it sounds like you have no other choice..
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there you go
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...D11117&FROM=MG
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thanks empatho. I saw that it said will not fit with dual tailpipes. any knowledge on this?
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Originally Posted by 406malibu
i dont know where you'd find one, but you wouldnt have any trouble, or do any damage to your car. only problem id see is if its a stalled auto over heating the 4L60E.
he has an ls7 clutch... it's a manual
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The owner's manual said you should only tow stuff if you have an auto trans.
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Originally Posted by black_phoenix
he has an ls7 clutch... it's a manual
k, he didnt post that, unless i cant see it lol
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k, he didnt post that, unless i cant see it lol
It's in his sig.
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Originally Posted by 92builtbird
It's in his sig.
didnt think to look in the pic in his sig
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this is why we are made fun of, this is straight up RED NECK!

This is what gives T/A's a bad name Just like the other day when I tried to find a video of a trans am drifting, I found some guy doing donuts in the grass!

Go rent a truck or something, thats what I would do, I tried my very best to be understanding but damn man, this **** just aint right!

BUT who am I to tell you what to do Just my Humble yet out spoken opinion!

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some people don't want to rent a truck every weekend.


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