FW: (ET) Hitch adapter

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

Here are 5 pics of the receive hitch I built for my e12m.  The nice thing
about the mid mount deck is, I don't have to remove anything to put the
hitch on the front of the tractor.   The snow on the hitch is from it being
mounted on my Raider snowmobile for pulling the kids on a toboggan. 
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tchapin/hitch1.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tchapin/hitch2.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tchapin/hitch3.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tchapin/hitch4.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tchapin/hitch5.jpg


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave & Debbie Barden [mailto:daveb seanet com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:56 AM
To: tchapin umich edu
Subject: RE: (ET) Hitch adapter

Hi Tim,

Yes I'd like to see some pics of your rec'r hitch.

thanks,
dave
seattle

> 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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