From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 19:08:45 PST
I was thinking you might want to take a piece of steel the width of the
channel
you have , attach it at the bottowm and angle it up and attach the other
end under the bed some
where. It will give a little more stiffness , keep the rear fender from
bending up, and big objects
will tend to glance off and not catch. It seems that there is a fair
amount of leverage there if
it hit on something substantial.
This is just my 2cents, and definetely not criticisim. I think this is a
really cool settup!
Bruce MVPA 23824
Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> sorry, bad URL;
>
> http://www.montagar.com/~patj/m35/m35_drophitch_01.JPG
>
> Considering the turning radius of the truck, I think it's OK. I do not
> plan to try to back the trailer around any severe corners. The width
> is 12", so it's close to what a pickup truck has for clearance.
>
> It's attached to the truck with the same two grade-8 3/4" bolts (1
> 1/8" wrench size) which mounted the pintle hook. The plates of the
> pintle are also there, the rear one can be seen. I plan to take this
> apart again and blow a hole through the back plate of the hitch so I
> can put the pintle back on. I will need to use a thinner washer on the
> rear of the pintle, between the nut and the inside plate. The washer
> is, I think, mostly to keep grease in.
>
> Patrick
>
> Bill Kealey wrote:
>
>> Hi Patrick,
>> It certainly looks heavy enough and the welds should not be a problem.
>> Will there be enough turning area with the side plates?
>> How did you attach the rig to the truck?
>>
>> Also, I tried several times to check the page with the number 12.JPG
>> and both times was given the message that the page could not be
>> found. The other page was no problem.
>>
>> Again, I think it is a great idea and I may do something similar as
>> buying or making a trailer is going to be a lot cheaper than buying a
>> pickup truck and I already have a great big green pickup truck.
>>
>> Bill K.
>>
>>
>>> Folks, I value your opinions, Here are the pics, please comment on
>>> the issues like safety, etc.
>>>
>>> http://www.montagar.com/~patj/m35/m35_drophitch_12.JPG
>>>
>>> http://www.montagar.com/~patj/m35/m35_drophitch_02.JPG
>>>
>>> It's made of 3/8" cold rolled steel plates. The backing is 12"x18",
>>> the sides and base are 6" deep.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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