Trailer hitch

[dannyboy]

From an e-mail I received:

 

 

Class lll Hitch Install... (patent pending..)

Wouldn't you love to see how the trip went...? Good chance he ended up doin' some unintended off roadin' somewhere. Check the 'hills' in the background. Howja like to meet this rig on a two-lane road....coming down the mountain in your direction...?

 

 

She's hitched up and r eady to roll!! Amazin' how the extra weight smoothes out the ride..

 

Needed to air up the rear tires a bit ('bout 160 psi).

 

Added some super heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate, (note the 'Heavy-Duty 'S' hooks to attach the chain) Also paid-up for some BIG Number 5/16 sheet metal screws to attach the Reese hitch frame to the tailgate (see 'em there? one on each side...) and two more through the carpet into the floor pan inside....

Yep, probably overkill, but didn't want the possibility of having an axerdent.

 

Most of the time was spent on the front porch whittling down that MASSIVE solid pine 4x4 to fit precisely down into the hole in the ball mount receiver. Note also - The 14'x14' piece of 3/8' plywood on the underside of the tailgate to distribute the load more evenly and beef up that tailgate support .

'A MAN CAN'T BE TOO SAFE'...!!

 

They are out there, folks... and they vote... and they reproduce !

[DRIFTER_016]

I don't see what the problem is.

The trailor is puttin' enough weight over them rear weels fer good enuf trakshun.

Plus that thar 4X4 is not just pine it's sothern yella pine which is much stronger than that weak stuff y'll gots up north.

[Dara]

Thats pretty "special"

[Tom McCutcheon]

Too bad Sgt. Cam Wooley from the OPP has retired. He would have just loved to have seen that rig on our highways.

 

His reply "I've seen everything, now I can die and go to heaven"

 

Tom.

[Rich Clemens]

That's just insane .. but worth a good laugh for today.