I put a Class V hitch on the Longhorn
 

Title says it. I put a new class V hitch and a sport bumper that I had here for years.

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Looks good

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That is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks for the post. How well does the Longhorn tow? I'm looking at campers in the 15-25 ft range to pull up to the lakes this summer.

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It will handle it fine. Horsepower under the hood is the weak link in a stock truck. You just can't get in a hurry.

I have a big block in this one, with a 700R4, and 3.73 gears, and it gets along fine.

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I had some good help with the installation.

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Thanks for the info. Nice truck, looks like it's doing the job it was made for. I can't wait to put mine to work!

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With that hitch are you able to keep the spare tire? If so what is the part number, that is what I am looking into.

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Looks good

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My spare tire support is still standing in the corner, but when my son in law put the hitch on his 4x4 he had to move the support forward a couple of inches.

The hitch came from Tractor Supply, but you can get the same one on ebay.

I don't have a clue what the number was. I did have to do some drilling.

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That truck looks awesome whether it's working or playing.

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I was out of town for a few days, driving my wife's new Tahoe, so I haven't driven the Longhorn for a week.

Now I like the way the Tahoe drives and handles, I don't like it trying to think for me. I just don't touch buttons on it.

As for the Longhorn, A while ago, I made a run to the corner store.

I turned the key in that Longhorn and heard that big block lope through those Flowmasters, and I was eighteen again.

It's really interesting how a truck that nobody wanted 20 years ago, can't stop any where now without a conversation. At stop lights, car guys will always stop by the exhaust pipe to listen to it.

And to think, I bought it to part out.

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I have a similar class V on my 68,with the spare under it too.
I've pulled my 18' car trailer(it has brakes!) with it and no problems,except I can't go fast with the 373 rear.
I do have air shocks and the rear wheels are an inch wider than factory.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...cket/013_4.jpg

Mike.:chevy:

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Here's my longhorn. Making improvements as I go, hope to make a family camper rig out of it this summer.

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This hitch looked the same. I ran the numbers and nothing came up. It's on a real nice 71 k10 that was built 15 yrs ago.