Hey, Don,
<snip> How safe would the hitch be after its been heated like that in a
fire? Sorry
to rain on your parade.snip>
I'd hafta say unless it was in the fire for more than 1/2 hr & the temp was
in the annealing range for steel (1200 deg +/- 100 maybe), it'd still be ok
to use. A machine shop could tell you what the Rockwell or Brinell scale
hardness is & maybe what the alloy is. These two pieces of info should be
able to tell whether or not it's still within acceptable parameters for
towing safely...
My $.02k)...
Bob Smith (Daksy2K on AIM)
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