Need Class IV Hitch for 2013 Thor Four Winds C

[JamieGeek]

Originally Posted by sporte77

4. tail lights leaked.

This is very common with all the Thor models. Look around here and you'll find many threads on what people have done to correct the situation.

Myself I coated the inside of the taillight compartment with Flex Seal:
http://www.thorforums.com/forums/f27...axis-1433.html

[FW28z]

Originally Posted by JamieGeek

This is very common with all the Thor models. Look around here and you'll find many threads on what people have done to correct the situation.

Myself I coated the inside of the taillight compartment with Flex Seal:
http://www.thorforums.com/forums/f27...axis-1433.html

With so many rvs having those leaky tail lights, it is a wonder more people don't know about it.

[Humbrace]

I would get some 0.5 inch thick steel plate about 6 inches wide and bolt to frame cross wise. Get what ever else you need to go across the frame and bolt on as needed. Then get a hitch as wide as you can and bolt to the cross wise pieces you put on. Make sure you use width adequate for weight and bolt with appropriate bolts. So you span the frame cross wise with 2 or three appropriate width pieces and then bolt hitch of the right capacity. If there is a slant to the frame make some spacers with thick washers or cut steel pieces to level the hitch. I have not looked under my Vegas 2016 to see exactly how the hitch is bolted on. I would not stop until I had the capacity or higher than you need to tow Wharton you need. Your steel supplier can give you the cross prices as you need. Years ago in Canada where I lived I had one heavy duty hitch( a Class 5 ) and used it on three or four trucks I had that were all heavy duty and attached the hitch as I have just explained. I never had an issue towing. Having things stronger than you need will not hurt!

[Humbrace]

I gave you a solution but it went to another thread!!

[paulhead]

Originally Posted by EA37TS

First, when Forest River made a change to the hitch on their Class C line the hitch itself was changed and it was not simply "restickered" from 5K to 7500 pounds. The manufacturer of the hitch made changes to the way the safety chain loops were welded to the hitch thereby allowing the towing capacity to be increased.

Is that it? So basically the hitch is already rated at 8k minus the chain loops? Found a schematic of the 8k hitch and it looks identical to the 5k.

[Bill Johnson]

Originally Posted by paulhead

Is that it? So basically the hitch is already rated at 8k minus the chain loops? Found a schematic of the 8k hitch and it looks identical to the 5k.

The post is from 2014

[paulhead]

Originally Posted by Bill Johnson

The post is from 2014

Yeah I know, hoping it would ring someone's door bell

[Bill Johnson]

Originally Posted by paulhead

Yeah I know, hoping it would ring someone's door bell

I've clicked on new post many times and found they were years old

[EA37TS]

Originally Posted by paulhead

Is that it? So basically the hitch is already rated at 8k minus the chain loops? Found a schematic of the 8k hitch and it looks identical to the 5k.

No, no, no!!!!

That was the case with the hitch used by Forest River not Thor. Read the post as written.