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It's a pullin' machine now!
Installled this Draw-Tite today on the Fit. Bought it from Amazon...$115
Took about an hour and a half. Could have done it in half that time if I would have read the directions better!  
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Now you need a huge travel trailer to pull!
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What's the tow rating?
Over the summer I put a class V hitch receiver and wired in a brake controller (which involved running marine-grade triplex tinned copper wiring inside the frame rails and tapping multiple fuses) in my Chevy Express 3500. I can two 5,000 "standard" and 10,000 with a weight-distributing hitch.
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It's a class I hitch...only rated at 2000 lbs for towing and 200 lbs for tongue weight.
I wanted it for a roll-on..tip-away bike rack and maybe a small utility trailer for fall leafs.
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Sounds great for those purposes.
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Counterclockwise?
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You can get some pretty neat attachments for trailer hitches these days.
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I had a trailer hitch on my 74 914 2.0
I used it to tow a little utility trailer I made that was just big enough to carry 4 autocross tires, and a small tool box.
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Just put a hitch on my wife's CRV and a Kuat Sherpa bike rack.
Blocks photo radar cameras extremely well and does a bang up job holding a couple of bikes too.
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Just found a side benefit of the hitch....
Will be easier now to wash the upper a** end of it. (the brown spots on the Fit are reflections of leafs in my driveway!) 
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Great! Wanna deliver a Bobcat for me?
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Is it full grown or a kitten? 
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Don't pull too much, too fast. You don't want to be accused of "Toobin".
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Get you some Bob! LOL
BTW Steve, well played sir.
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^^^ No..I just wanted to check the height.
I know how much hurt they can cause...esp when carrying a 50lb bag at full stride. btdt
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Counterclockwise?
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Or just buy a step!
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^^^ That might be the way to go!
Here's the bike rack I bought for it yesterday. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001VO1YY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Nice job Steve.
I'm thinking of a Fit roof rack but man they are pricey https://www.etrailer.com/roof-2009_Honda_Fit.htm?Redirect=NoVisibleProducts Eventually I'm also thinking of a nav system to upgrade the radio. 
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