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Old 05-02-2009, 10:32 AM   #9
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another thought on the Trailer Hitch mount..... You can get some Hitch places (Those which do welding) to mount a 2nd receiver (I would suggest the 1 1/4 inch size) at the end of the hitch bar. You actually want it "Beyond the tail gate"

SO you have
F|Gate|F
Bumper
1==H==1

Where "F" is the fender and tail light assembly, Gate is the gate You can guess what "Bumper" is 1 is the 1 1/4" receiver and H is the 2" receiver

Then you can mount the antenna off to the side, and again, when you trade in the car, you unlock and pull the receiver pin, pull the adapter (Antenna and all) out of the receiver and walk away.. NO holes, (Well one somewhere but it's hidden and pluggable, it is the one the coax runs through)

If you are worried about the "Wiggle" of the hitch adapter in the receiver I have a very good design for a stablizer (Blue ox design) it's for 2" but you could easily modify it for 1 1/4 inch and the weld shop can make you one

Take a flat hunk of steel wider than the hitch adapter and about 2-3 inches long

Well a small square "Shaft" on one end The other end gets a "Shaft" that is 2x as "Tall" as it is "Deep"

The side view would be something like this

__________
= . . . . . . =
=

(Disregard the . . s)

Now top center drill for a square "U" bolt, one hole each side of the 1 1/4" adapter

IN the drawing above the Right end goes on top of the receiver (or under it)
The left end rests on or under the Adapter

Tighten the "U" bolt and wiggle it won't
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