Possible frame rail, hitch receiver issue..
..Was under the Motorhome a few weeks ago, looking at some things, and noticed at the back, where the hitch receiver bolts to the frame, that the frame rails seem to have bent, twisted slightly. I kn...
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Based on this thread I thought I better check my hitch/frame. I have a 3500 pound hitch and use a 10” drop hitch in the receiver pulling a 3,000 pound HHR without supplemental braking. I have had to make a couple of “hard stops” over the years and although I am very cognizant of the low hitch I have scraped a couple of times exiting fuel stops. I too would scrape when backing into my driveway but I always remove the hitch from the receiver. I found no problems with the frame rails. Two things to note: 1/my drop hitch has a roller on the bottom. 2/I have factory mounted skid plates on each side of the frame ahead of the hitch to prevent the body work from scraping if I do bottom out. They do show some scrapes so possibly they are scraping before or at the same time as the 10” drop hitch.
