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You can weld on our coaches, but you have to disconnect all electronics such as the DDEC and transmission ECUs. It would not be a bad idea to do the same with sensitive house electronics.

I don’t know if you saw the red flags, but I sure did. If your hitch holes are elongated that tells me some serious weight towing was done. Our coaches have towing weight limits and they may have been exceeded. For peace of mind I would take the coach to Prevost as soon as possible and ask them to do a detailed inspection of the rear structure looking for cracks or weld failures. Our hitches are attached to the engine cradle and if that or its supporting structure should fail there will be serious consequences.

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Jon’s usually correct (and may be this time), but I wouldn’t be too alarmed. I’ve encountered the same problem with my coach.

First, the hitch is bolted on and can be removed fairly easily for repairs. After having broken a couple hitches on my 8V92 equipped coach and findind the hole problem on my S60 coach, I elected for safety sake to replace the hitch. The S60 design appears superior to the 8V92 design (so I’m not sure replacement wasn’t an overkill) but I had my hitch shop weld a 3/4″ thick extension on each side of the pin holes to spread the pin load over a larger area on the new hitch before installation. If you don’t replace the hitch, do check carefully for broken welds, particularly around the receiver. Obviously, you’ll need a longer than normal pin and I keep my pin lubed with wheel bearing grease.

[Bob]

What do you mean, Jon’s usually correct ??

When he tells me he leaves the stop lights in town burning rubber from the drive tires, I go for it !!!!!!!!

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Actually the burning rubber is from the Hummer (toad) with its parking brake on.

That actually made my hitch pin hole egg shaped.

[Jim]

I never looked at it that close. Guess I assumed it was welded on. I’ll check it.