R&C guys

Right i need your help - no-one in the UK has ever put a hitch on an S2000, plenty of u guys have. So what are the +/- of the 3 hitches...

Hammerly, Da'lan or the Gendron hitch?

I only read good things about Hammerly - but they are damn hard to get hold of

Anyone know how I could get in touch with Harold and see if he is interested in getting one UK produced?

Thanks
Ian

 

You can PM Jeff (jguerdat) and ask him, I know he has lots of experience with his Gendron hitch and I will vouch for him, he has a lot of experience and knowledge.

 

The Delan hitch is the cheapest, but not removeable.

The Gendron is removeable. (possibly easier than the Hammerly because you don't have to crawl as far under the car. One of the two brackets mounts to the trunk floor.

Tha Hammerly is removeable and all mounts are to hard connections, no floor mounting.

I have the Gendron hitch. I tow a 4 foot by 4 foot tire trailer with it on a regular basis. The trailer weighs about 500 lbs. with 10% of that on the tongue. I have used it for a couple of 6-8 hour highway trips. I have no issues with the Gendron hitch. I prefer the Hammerly design, but I was able to get mine used for $250 including shipping. (Both seem pricey new.)

Here is Bill Gendron's website:
http://www.smallfortuneracing.com/

I did reinforce the trunk floor with an aluminum plate.

 

I bought my Gendron hitch from SC Highlander. He switched to a Hammerly. It might be interesting to hear his opinions. (I've always been curious why he sold the Gendron hitch.)

 

[QUOTE=AquilaEagle,May 24 2005, 10:17 AM] R&C guys

Right i need your help - no-one in the UK has ever put a hitch on an S2000, plenty of u guys have.

 

No, even with a trailer there is some vertical load. Just not as much. Tongue weight should be something like 10-20% of the total trailer weight, IIRC.

 

I'm thinking the 10% number is the right one. There is most certainly vertical load on any hitch with a trailer, that's why they publich a tongue weight spec .

 

My Dalan has been 100% reliable for thousands of miles of towing a good size and weight trailer, including hitting potholes through the grapevine at high speeds, but I don't know if the extra weight slows me down on the track.

No visible wear on any mounting holes etc. I think you could do a Ford F150 ad and hang the car by this hitch . BTW, I happen to use seat-belt harness bolts with nylock nuts for the bumper connectors just because I had extras and they were handy.

 

I liked the hammerly design better, and I didn't want the brackets announcing 'Hey, I have a trailer hitch' to the Honda dealer. The hammerly is a bit more hidden when the draw bar is not attached. I recently sold that hitch as well when I thought I was going to sell the car. This time around, I think I'm just going to build my own.

 

ok hair splitter, minimal vertical load. 10% of a typical loaded tire trailer is about 30 lbs. With a trailer this light your really could balance it as long as the tongue was long enough. The vertical load varies of course since wind resistance tends to lift the tongue, and accel and braking create vertical load as well, unless the cg of the trailer is on the centerline between the wheels (unlikely).

A tire tail with a 180lb set of tires is pushing down maybe 300 lbs at the receiver because it's cantilevered out the back. The floor attach point actually have upward pressure in this situation. And when you hit a sharp bump the dynamic load from that set of tires could be huge.