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Help me sell the wife on this hitch before bedliner idea
Old 05-07-2003, 09:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Help me sell the wife on this hitch before bedliner idea

Hey folks,

First, my disclaimer. I'm not trying to get this into a brand war, but peoples opnions are worth listening to, so if you have them, lets hear them. My choices about the products I've (pretty much)decided on are due to what ever reasons that I've weighed the other components available...

Here is the deal, I'm getting ready to do undercoating and a spray in liner (line-x) with in the next month or so. Before I do those, I've considered trying to squeeze in the Goose hitch (turn over ball) so I can get the bed cutting taken care of before I do the spray in liner and undercoating to help with rust prevention and to make it easier. Currently, I can use my Plasma cutter to remove the material from the bed, but after the liner and coating are done, it won't beable to be done that way.

Just as a side note, I've really decided on the turn-over-ball style of hitch because of 2 real reasons. First how clean and empty the bed is, and actually a larger reason is: When I get out of the military in about 3.5 years, and move back to Michigan, I know that the wife and I will be buying our own property and building a house. I know that there will be a lot of property work to be doing, and even with my little 1/3 acre, I wished I had a dump bed, and trying to cover about 10 acres.... A dump bed when clearing your own property will be great. Having the turn over ball will allow me to still run a goose, 5th AND a dump bed.

Because I'll most likely be doing this install my self, I figure this would be the best way to go about it.

Also, if there is anybody in the Saltlake City area that knows of a good place to get the spray in liner and a good cost, please let me know.

I'd like to hear any thoughts you have about this idea.

Thanks in advance,

Corey
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