Anyone in/around West Ga with a class I trailer hitch receiver that will fit my 86 trans am, please let me know. I need one within the week. I can come and pick up if not too far, or I can have DHL pick it up from your place.

This is urgent and I can not find a local dealer.


I have a 32" hitch receiver for a 95-98~ chevy silverado for trade or sale also if interested.

Phone - 678-349-1173 Please only call if you have one or can get me one ASAP.

Thank you.

 

How about this or this?

 

Since its urgent, and kind of an emergency situation (not giving details as I don't care to hear the flames or comments), I was hoping someone near by has one they thought was stupid and extra weight, to pick up a used one.

I don't need it permanently, just need a used one for a temp hassle.

 

BUY A TRUCK!!!!! a trailer hitch on a third gen is just wrong......

 

when i bought my 85 z28 it had a trailer hitch installed what a shame they are availible this was a "hidden hitch" brade, was not a 2 inch reciever type just a tounge to mount a ball for a hitch, good luck with your search i tossed that hunk of crap out a while ago

 

Yet again, thanks for nothing, keep the flames / stupid comments to yourselfs, I didn't ask nor will I ask if its a good idea. You're not aware of any body / engine / trans work thats done to my vehicle.

I need a hitch, so I asked if anyone had theirs they didn't want anymore. All other comments / suggestions / flames are not to be posted, and to be kept to yourselfs.

If you have one, let me know. Otherwise, just ignore this thread, as it does not pertain to you.

 

Have you tried the Regional Board for your area?

Obviously, you have some sort of situation requiring you to get a hitch. Good luck with that. We can still keep cool heads, everyone.

 

for that matter, if you just need to move something, post to the regional board and I bet that you'll find someone local with a truck that will pull whatever it is for the cost of gas and some beer or something.

 

wow!!!! someone has their panties in a twist....!!!!

 

On the contrary, I, like most people do about people not using the 'search' function, get annoyed when people reply with a waste of bandwidth and email notifcations to come to a reply that says "Get a truck" or "panties in a twist" when they do not pertain to the original post in the first place.

I again, only asked for a hitch receiver for my car. Nothing more, nothing less. It's a waste of your time... unless you just have absolutly nothing else to do but reply with nonsense and ignorant comments to peoples posts....and it's a waste of my time to have to read something that is not what the post was about. I stated what I wanted, and asked not to reply unless it was what I needed and almost immediatly got a response that has nothing to do with my post.... annoying... yes.

I need a hitch receiver because I find it easy to mount / remove to place a nice cargo / hitch carrier on, which weighs ~40lbs with my load.... I do vending and need something to carry my drinks and candy / snacks in. My car stays full of parts / small machines / supplies and I currently have absolutly no need for a truck, or your panties for that matter. I need a hitch reciver to mount to my car to put a hitch cargo carrier on to fill with my stuff. There, that being said, I need one asap as I am tired of making ~5-6 trips a day to my warehouse for goods on my route. It's a waste of my gas and time when I can do it all in one trip with the receiver.

And no, I personally didn't see a point in wasting everyones time by posting all that in the first place, I am not a newbie to 3rd gens, I own 3! I know their ability and don't think i'd fudge mine up by doing something stupid, this shoulda been common sense and really shouldn't have mattered, as I asked for a specific item, and didn't request / state I wanted to pull anything, just that I needed a receiver that someone out there has that does not want it.

 

Have you tried your local u-haul? They carry alot of hitches and may have one for the T/A.

 

Every hitch carrier I found local does not carry one, and want to wait 2-4wks for delivery.

 

WHAT A WHINER!!!!! this is a public forum I can post what ever i want just like you can. By the way you are using a sports car as a truck this sounds like a waste of a third gen. o yeah if you own 3 pending the other 2 are not parts cars mabe you should sell 1 so you can buy a truck or in your case a mini van so you can carry your tissue around with you. cry me a river.

 

A$$HOLE

 

85SILVERBULLET ,why do you need to act like such a ****?He came looking for help,which is what 99% of us want to give eachother.Jackasses like yourself only cause problems.

 

Publicly viewed, not publicly owned.

Thus.. there are conduct rules.

 

so its ok for you to call people names????? u sound like a hipocrite.... I am entitled to my opinion and putting a trailer hitch on a sports car is stupid. not only does it not have the suspension for something like that but its a sports car. Do you not get that???? thats what this was about from the beginning. my opinion so you can kiss my ***.

 

Mods just lock this thread since its derailed. Thanks those of you that actually tried to assist. I would also reccommend reviewing a certain individuals conduct on the board as well.

Thanks agian for the slight leads.

 

Well, not exactly. This is a MEMBERS' forum, and all members are required to abide by the rules to which they agreed when joining.

deadbird has graciously provided a convenient link to this site's forum posting rules. It may be good to go back and review those in case you just skimmed them when you joined.

There are plenty of examples of cars, modifications, engine combos, and things that I would never do or suggest. Sometimes we just have to bite the bullet and move along.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

I have a hitch that i removed from my 89 iroc. Im in montgomery, al let me know if your intrested in it
adam

 

I'm just curious, since you seem to have a wealth of knowledge on the subject, what's the big difference between the suspension of our live rear axle "sports cars" and that of a pickup truck designed to withstand a Class 1 load? Is it the spring rate? Dampening of the shocks? Structural integrity? Engine torque requirements? Becuase I'm fairly certain that the same requirements of a sports car and that of a load carrying truck both have the same requirements - stiffer frame, higher spring rate and increased dampening, and an over-abundance of torque. So, wouldn't it make more sense to tow with a sports car as opposed to just a regular car? Then again, you're the expert, I'm just a Mechanical Engineer who studies vehicle dynamics as a hobby...what do I know?

Oh and by the way, the arguement that trailor hitches don't belong on "sports cars", there's actually quite a few thirdgen auto-x guys who put the hitches on the cars NOT TO TOW, but to further stiffen up the unibody "chasis".

Now you know.

 

your a day late and a dollar short and obviously you cant see that this has been let go way back on 4/3. Sorry it was 4/6

 

You're right, I obviously can't see it was let go on 4/3, as your last post was on 4/6.

Regardless, to yourself and anyone else who searches in the future, it's useful information (as opposed to your posts).

 

Wy are you pushing this issue when everybody else has dropped it???? By the way it was 4/6 but whats the difference it was still 2 weeks ago.

 

I think he's just pointing out that the fact that your a **** remains timeless.

 

85Silver has the right to state his opinion, no rule against that. Now posting in the wrong forum, I'm not too sure on. I thought this was why we had a wanted board? 86TA on the other hand has no right in limiting who responds, and in what manner, to his thread. If you are going to advocate something, advocate it in an unbiased fashion.

And our cars don't have full frames like a truck, the loads are not distributed the same, etc., etc.

IMNSHO putting a hitch on a thirdgen is aesthetically inane and potentially hazardous considering that most typically carry well over the rated load on their set-ups... not to mention ugly and counter to the purpose of the car.

What I don't get is why the lack of thought with regard to actually renting something with a receiver already there? Saves a whole lot of running around and stress on a vehicle not designed to tow a load.

 

thank you.......

 

well i agree that they are an intesence eyesore but sometimes you have to go with what you have. my had one on it and it was removed before i replaced the clutch to be able to drive it. towing is what my 00 z71 is for but some people dont have that option.
This one time i saw a hitch on a 91ish corvette and it was towing a 12ft box trailor like you would see behind a chuch van i wanted to hit the guy in the head and take his car, if he can afford a vette he can afford a pick-up or truck type beater to tow with
adam

 

Apparently you should study more.

Because of suspension geomentry, general light weight… the rear springs on our cars are _very_ soft compared to a comparable truck, and in addition, most trucks have helper springs that increase their rear spring rate even further if there is any significant compression of the rear springs.

Shocks… well, they’re valved appropriately for the spring rates and loads that the chassis is designed for, do you really think that f-bodies with 1xxlb/in rear spring rates are going to be similarly dampened to a truck with >4xxlb/in rear springs?

Structural integrity… have you looked under an f-body behind the rear axle? There is almost no structure to speak of, where a truck chassis that was intended for any kind of real work will have a frame extending to the back bumper, a real frame. F-bodies do have some bit of structure left in there to mount the rear bumper energy absorbers to, but it is not significant. Have you ever seen an f-body that has suffered any significant rear impact? They almost always crumple in that area and you end up with creases up above both back tires. Same impact in a truck… well it usually pushes the radiator, bumper support, core support… of the vehicle that hit it back in to the engine and the hood into the windshield, without much more then a scratch on the truck’s chrome bumper.

About the only place that your argument makes any sense is the one place that you didn’t go… brakes. Sports cars like f-bodies tend to have better brakes the other comprable cars, which do make towing significantly safer. With larger vehicles, usually the biggest limiting factor WRT to towing capacity is the braking capacity and weight of the vehicle.

If you want a perfect example of all of these, compare a B-body to both. Suddenly you have a car which was available with a sporty package that is built more like a truck… and funny thing, when equipped with the towing package which includes more serious springs and shocks… they are actually rated for a similar towing capacity to the truck

I don’t know of any autocrosser that has a trailer hitch that doesn’t have it to tow a small “race” trailer for tires, jack…, and even if they did using an example of a very imperfect solution to get around a rule isn’t really a great example at all. Yea, sure, adding a chunk of steel to a flimsy structural assembly will make it more rigid, but I would be very surprised if anyone could document any resultant improvement in handing because of it. Maybe because of a better overall weight distribution and fixing a tendency to oversteer because the weight of the steel would cover up the fact that your springs/shocks/sway bar in the back were too stiff or the front was not stiff enough… but not because you stiffened up the rear structure behind the rear axle.

 

I agree...

 

While i agree hitches are butt ugly, Ive been using one to pull around my bike for two years now.

 

last time I checked this is the fabrication board so make your own hitch and post pictures.

put up or shut up