all hitched up
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:22 pm
A friend of mine is a plumber whose knees are getting bad. So to help with larger items like water heaters he bought a Craftsman riding lawn mower that he intends to pull a small trailer with.
I volunteered to help out by putting a trailer hitch on it.
The Craftsman is built around a square/cubic box made of heavy sheet metal. Attaching a trailer hitch is challenging, because there's nothing beefier than 1/8" thick to attach to.
So I created a heavy-ish shackle wide enough to attach to the outer faces of the cube/box. Attach the ball tongue to the shackle, attach the shackle to to cube. Same approach, both front and rear.
It turned out pretty good, and plenty strong for this application.
Bob
I volunteered to help out by putting a trailer hitch on it.
The Craftsman is built around a square/cubic box made of heavy sheet metal. Attaching a trailer hitch is challenging, because there's nothing beefier than 1/8" thick to attach to.
So I created a heavy-ish shackle wide enough to attach to the outer faces of the cube/box. Attach the ball tongue to the shackle, attach the shackle to to cube. Same approach, both front and rear.
It turned out pretty good, and plenty strong for this application.
Bob