SCVJeff
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2007
- Posts
- 1,303
I'm sure this is a common problem with Meridian/ Journey owners as well as anyone else with an unusually low hitch. I had this made about a year ago and got lazy installing it until I started dragging my Sterling hitch on the ground and whiped out a set of cables.
I had this adapter custom made because I didn't really like the way the off-the-shelf drop/ raise hitches looked, and they really stuck out. It turns out that the way the Meridian hitch is built allowed me to have this cute little 'Z' adapter sparked up that fits really nicely on top of the receiver and not stick out like a sore thumb. This one has 1/4" clearance to the body above. Don't know why I took so long to install it. They're hard to see, but I also had Grade-8 fine thread nuts welded on each receiver and cranked them both tight with locknuts as anti-clanks.
Installed Z-Hitch
Side View
The Fence View
I had this adapter custom made because I didn't really like the way the off-the-shelf drop/ raise hitches looked, and they really stuck out. It turns out that the way the Meridian hitch is built allowed me to have this cute little 'Z' adapter sparked up that fits really nicely on top of the receiver and not stick out like a sore thumb. This one has 1/4" clearance to the body above. Don't know why I took so long to install it. They're hard to see, but I also had Grade-8 fine thread nuts welded on each receiver and cranked them both tight with locknuts as anti-clanks.
Installed Z-Hitch
Side View
The Fence View