Payne's Hitch Receiver

[Bob Payne]

Yes I did say use a wood shim because it sounds to me that Culy Dave is out in the middle of Origon and if Mcgiver was there that's what he would use to get by till he could get a piece of steel and by tring the wood first would show him having a shim will fix the problem.

[Bedlam]

Glad you commented on those tennis ball alignment item from HF. I saw them and wondered how they would be.
Ironically I used my home made ball hitch on the bucket. Mine I made with a both that hold it from slipping around. I got a bit greedy, and the trailer hit a stump, and I pulled a bit to hard. POP off came the bolt. Not a problem , ill grind and weld another, but seemed Jinxed. LOL

[coobie]

Originally Posted by Bob Payne

Yes I did say use a wood shim because it sounds to me that Culy Dave is out in the middle of Origon and if Mcgiver was there that's what he would use to get by till he could get a piece of steel and by tring the wood first would show him having a shim will fix the problem.

Bob,I recieved the new clamp on hitch you sent me today.It works perfect,I tried moving my trailers around and it held in place and it never moved.Thanks again for your great customer service.coobie.

[srjones]

Originally Posted by Bob Payne

Yes I did say use a wood shim because it sounds to me that Culy Dave is out in the middle of Origon and if Mcgiver was there that's what he would use to get by till he could get a piece of steel and by tring the wood first would show him having a shim will fix the problem.

Grants Pass isn't exactly a small town (nor in the middle of Oregon) and I'm sure that CurlyDave, being the resourceful guy he is, could scrounge up a metal shim.

I'm no engineer, but if that would shim were to fail under stress you'd be in world of hurt. Don't do it, CurlyDave...don't do it

[PaulChristenson]

Originally Posted by Bob Payne

Yes I did say use a wood shim because it sounds to me that Culy Dave is out in the middle of Origon and if Mcgiver was there that's what he would use to get by till he could get a piece of steel and by tring the wood first would show him having a shim will fix the problem.

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[CurlyDave]

Glad you commented on those tennis ball alignment item from HF. I saw them and wondered how they would be.

The tennis ball thingies work really well. The one that goes on the truck sits nicely on the flat spot on top of the ball. The one that goes on the trailer hitch is a little bit harder because there isn't a flat place to put it, but it is magnetic and I can almost always get it to stick more or less straight up with ~20 seconds of playing with it.

I will probably end up making a flat steel surface for the magnet to stick to on the trailer end. It may be as easy as a big flat washer and some epoxy to glue it on top of the trailer hitch.

Bob:

I got a chance to look at the hitch receiver and you are exactly right. My bucket is too thick for the part which goes under the bucket to make contact in the right spot. It looks like it will need about an inch of shim.

Now I know steel isn't free, but if I could make a suggestion, making the bearing surface under the bucket significantly thicker would allow the hitch receiver to be used on backhoes as well as CUTs. Maybe you could make a backhoe model and a regular one. I would gladly pay $10-15 more for a unit built to fit a backhoe.

[Reg]

I will probably build my own.
It will clamp in at least two places, probably a couple of feet apart.
The trailer's safety chains will be hooked to the bucket's grab hooks, with extensions if necessary.
I may drill through the bucket edge where the clamp screws clamp, they will then become through bolts.