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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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