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Re: FW: (ET) Hitch adapter



Hey there's my excuse to buy a welder!  I like that.
thanks for the pics!  and where do you get that style of linch pin?? and 
what 
are they really called??

dave
seattle
> 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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