Nice job always good to bring something back to life instead of scraping it and buying new. "Now we're cooking with gas" was one of my fathers favorite sayings. Thanks for the memory.
Same here, Jim, my dad said it all the time. I like the spacer idea too. Bolt torque may not be much of an issue here since the bolt loading is predominantly shear. They are more of a pin than a clamp in this setup.
Nice job Lee! It’s always a hassle undoing someone else’s work. Lee if it was me I would put some spacers inside that tube so it don’t bend in, and the bolt could be tighter.
I knew it I knew it I knew it the moment I saw that old homemade trailer that reminded me of the one my daddy and I built there was gonna be a story thanks Lee
Lee those disk you use can bind up an explode so I would advise wearing a face shield. I have seen lots of them come apart and would hate to see you get hurt. Thanks for the videos
You did a nice job on this, don’t forget to put a big glob of grease up inside that hitch. If that was mine i would just use a pad lock and not that pin, if its locked it might make it harder for someone to steal
I would recommend checking at Tractor Supply or Harbor Freight next time, as I have had a lot better luck finding trailer and towing accessories at those stores compared to any of the normal big box hardware stores.
The hitch supply brings up an important issue. I'm not picking on you, your situation just illustrates the following points. One way our nation's enemies have to defeat the U.S. is to control the source of supply of our goods. We over came our enemies in WWII not only by fighting, but by out producing them in war supplies. A hint of our current peril is in computer chips for new cars, and in empty North Carolina shelves. We, (including me), are guilty of buying based on price, not on principle. We have put U.S. made goods out of business by buying the cheapest cost goods. To put a cherry on top, some of our military goods are imported from places whose interests are not constant with ours. We have given designs of military computer parts to foreign manufactures who promise they will not give the designs to their homeland governments. I guess I finally woke up. Are trailer hitches, hooks and safety chain still made in the U.S.? I am worried the answer to that is no. Thanks for the video.
