Do you like Curt Manufacturing 13540 Class III Receiver Perfect for Explorer SportBy Merrill D. GiroI installed the Curt 13540 Hitch on my 2002 2-door Ford Explorer Sport with a full size spare tire. It matched up perfectly with the factory holes in the chassis frame. I had to do no more than bolt on the hitch. The instructions said approximately 25 minutes for a do-it-yourselfer, but it took me about 1 hour start to finish including removing the spare, getting set up with all of the tools I would need, etc. I also took the opportunity to shoot some air into the spare while I had it off. A very easy installation. The only negatives are the fact that the hitch broke through the box during delivery and scratched off some of the paint to bare metal where it is visible after installation, and that Curt placed a paper based adhesive UPC sticker on the end where it was also visible. I carefully scraped off the sticker and removed the adhesive with some WD-40 and a little elbow grease. As for the minor scratches, it is, after all, a trailer ... » More Information about Curt Manufacturing 13540 Class III Receiver.Thursday, June 23, 2011
Curt Manufacturing 13540
Do you like Curt Manufacturing 13540 Class III Receiver Perfect for Explorer SportBy Merrill D. GiroI installed the Curt 13540 Hitch on my 2002 2-door Ford Explorer Sport with a full size spare tire. It matched up perfectly with the factory holes in the chassis frame. I had to do no more than bolt on the hitch. The instructions said approximately 25 minutes for a do-it-yourselfer, but it took me about 1 hour start to finish including removing the spare, getting set up with all of the tools I would need, etc. I also took the opportunity to shoot some air into the spare while I had it off. A very easy installation. The only negatives are the fact that the hitch broke through the box during delivery and scratched off some of the paint to bare metal where it is visible after installation, and that Curt placed a paper based adhesive UPC sticker on the end where it was also visible. I carefully scraped off the sticker and removed the adhesive with some WD-40 and a little elbow grease. As for the minor scratches, it is, after all, a trailer ... » More Information about Curt Manufacturing 13540 Class III Receiver.
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