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Endricken
Explorer
Apr 16, 2015

Reese Goosebox and Lippert Frame Failure Report

After hitting an unavoidable (single construction lane) very large pothole in lonely west TX on I-10 west of Van Horn TX, (about 31,400 towed miles) last month, my truck’s transmission was partially d...
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Housted
Explorer III
Apr 18, 2015
N-Trouble wrote:
Regardless of what Reese and Lippert endorsed, 5 years of engineering school will tell you a longer lever arm will ALWAYS exert more forces. This is exactly what moving the attachment point down to the bottom of the truck bed does.


Anyone who does not believe this should forsake that breaker bar next time they need to loosen a stuck bolt, after all a longer lever means nothing!!!:h

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