RE: (ET) Hitch adapter

["Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>]

I was kicking around the same idea at Halloween this year.  We ended up 
with
my self, my dad and 3 kids riding my e-12m around the sub trick or treating
(and a whole bunch of kids wanting a ride).   I am thinking about a
snowmobile trailer so it would be easy for the kids to get on.  My 16 ft.
car haller would be easy to get on but over kill (and hard to stop).  Now I
will need to get the brakes fixed on the e-12m because of the few hills
around me.  I figure I will do a test run some time next summer, to see if
there is a problem pulling and if the batteries hold out for the trip.

 I am also trying to figure out lighting because if being at night.  It 
will
most likely end up being the battery Colman lantern..  I heard of people
taking the small Christmas tree lights and figuring out how many can be run
in parallel to come close to 12 volts for decorating cars and trucks for
parades.  I figure I could come up with something that is close to 36 volts
with all the junk tree lights I have around.  Any one got any ideas on how
to calculate this out?

As for hitches, I build a sleeve hitch similar to the "small version" but
added a chunk of 1 1/4 square tube to take the small receiver hitches.  Now
I have a receiver hitch for the e-12m.  To hold it in place, I drilled a
hole in each side of the frame to take a small hitch pin (the kind with a
wire clip to hold it in place).  The receiver hitch works great both on the
front and back.  I stick it on front for parking the ski boat in the back 
of
the garage for the winter.

As luck would have it, the same sleeve hitch works on the back of my 1974
Raider snowmobile...  I am sure that I have the only Raider with a receiver
hitch.

If there is any interest, I can take a few pictures of the hitch and send
them to who ever...
-----Original Message-----
From: jim donovan [mailto:donovan66205 yahoo com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:22 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) Hitch adapter

Hey all:

I have been considering using my E15 for the motor end
of a hay ride around our suburban/urban area.  I have
used the E15 to pull dead cars and it can do so over
any hill or obstical.  Has any one else used it for
hay rides?  What do you pull?  (Ultimately, I am
thinking of a standard trailer, probably single axel
about 7 feet wide and 12 feet long.)

The sleve adaptors seem good, but the smaller version
looks as if it may be able to slip out of the rear
(stabber) opening.  
http://www.elec-trak.org/memorbilia/GEAccessoryBrochure/6_JPG.html

Can/does it?  

The larger hitch adapter looks like it can do the
trick, but is it supposed to slide into teh rear
(stabber) opening also?  
http://www.elec-trak.org/memorbilia/GEAccessoryBrochure/4_JPG.html

The bolts look as if they are to hold the sleve
adaptor in place so it won't get pulled out.

What do you all think?

Jim
Westwood, KS




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