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Mike Hamm

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Chevor
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Time to stop at a scale and see what the Commercial inspector says....   Me being commercial could see myself getting two tickets with that set up...   #1 Are quick links rated for trailer? #2 Br

sdeeter19555
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Those quick links aren't rated strong enough for my liking, the only way I would do that loop of chain would be to use a true clevis.   I did what the others stated, changed the hooks out for ones

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Not to mention if the receiver separates from tow vehicle, you probably have worse things to worry about at that point in time...   I've only heard of it twice, once was a uhaul-installed hitch with

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Cool looks sweet. :thumbs:

Thanks. Also, these are 5/8" ones and they slid in real easy.

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blwright Enthusiast

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I'm using 5/8" links for my chains and a 1/2" one for my break cable. As mentioned before, I'm also using a snap link on my cable.

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Cowpie Senior Enthusiast

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I used Crosby shackles rated at 4.75 tons each with 3/4" alloy pins......

 

 

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Cowpie those looks badass, and there not as shiny as my chain links i use. We all had to get out there and find something to work with those dang GM hitches didn't we. :thumbs:

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There is nothing that really looks shiny on my 2500 within a few hours of getting the truck washed except the front bumper.  Disadvantage of having to drive several miles of gravel roads to and from the house to go to town.  Rocks would beat the snot out of anything shiny hanging on the receiver, so kind of pointless.   for others, it might be worth it to get something with a little more class.

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Just went to dealer to pick up my new trailer. Walk thru guy couldn't hook up the light travel trailer hooks to the GMC heavy duty hitch. Is GMC really lazy - or just incompetent?

 

So, looking at this forum, looks like the shackle or the easy-link are the choices. Does the shackle leave enough room for the hitch pin? Seems pretty tight from the pictures.

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On 12/10/2017 at 5:09 PM, Cowpie said:

I used Crosby shackles rated at 4.75 tons each with 3/4" alloy pins......

 

 

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I see the hitch pin is not in.  With the hitch pin in do they still fit?  

 

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revrnd Senior Enthusiast

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On 5/2/2017 at 10:16 PM, sdeeter19555 said:

Not to mention if the receiver separates from tow vehicle, you probably have worse things to worry about at that point in time...

 

I've only heard of it twice, once was a uhaul-installed hitch with brass bolts (to prevent corrosion of course), and the other was a 2nd gen Dodge that had a metal fatigue failure from being overloaded all its life (rip parts of the frame off too). In all my years following the diesel forums, those are the only two hitch-related failures I can remember.

 

I worry more about someone tampering with my setup...stopped at a rest area, some teenage kids were hanging behind a SUV when I pulled in. I ALWAYS do a walk around before I start back down the road...the jerks had pulled the spring clip from the hitch pin so that it would fall out later down the road.

 

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I learned my lesson back in the 80s about hair clips retaining the L pin. 5/8" bolts & nuts since.

revrnd Senior Enthusiast

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Did the later K2XX 2500HDs have this revised? I seem to recall when Oshawa started building them prior to the T1XX launch, my brother saying the receiver being redesigned.

 

On my 2017, I added shackles/revised to the receiver. Glad to see on the current 2500HD that the receiver has been redesigned.

 

When you find 'issues' like this you wonder how extensive the knowledge base is of those involved in the design process.

 

Making something simple, complicated.

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