black_knight

Well I finally put a true Class III hitch on my frontier (instead of the ball on the bumper) tonight and geez! If you buy the REESE Towpower reciever hitch... I found out the hard way that the instructions were all wrong. It said to drill holes that were already there and the bracket mountings were all wrong. a project that should have taken an hour and a half tops took more like 4 hours because I got the hitch put all the way on according to instructions and the hitch was pointing at a downward angle! anyways it's on and much better than towing with the bumper.

Oh yeah and before I even started I looked to see if the truck was pre-wired for the trailer harness and couldn't find anything. so I called to double check with the dealer to see if maybe I was missing the wires. The first dealership acted like I was a complete idiot for wanting to tow with my truck but the second one informed me that I needed a "T" adapter for the brake light harness and it all plugs right in. Only problem was he wanted 125 BUCKS for it!!!! I called around for an hour and finally found an AutoZone 25 miles away that had the same basic adapter in stock for 30! oh well it's all on there now and the next weekend or two I get to tow my Dad's 19' Four Winns Boat which ways about 4000 lbs trailer and all. I've towed it around the block before to move it with my bumper hitch but never for distance (since I didn't have a harness.) I'll let you know how ole Trooper does!

Later,

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Black Knight - 2004 Crew Cab XE-V6 4x4
"...God made men the way they are because we desperately need them to be the way they are. Yes, a man is a dangerous thing, but so is a scalpel. You don't make it safe by making it dull, but instead you put it in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing." - John Eldridge