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Old 09-17-2021, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 71GP76TA View Post
He probably backed into a couple brick walls with it..

Yeah, could be.

I've seen them bent, attached to trailer hitches folded up by wrecks but never cracked or broken. Bent so badly you'd have to torch it out of the receiver if you wanted it. They'll bust an engine block.
Looking at the one pic, I suspect it was bad from the beginning and finally fatigued. A faulty stamping that made it through manufacturing.

Or Chinese first quality............

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