Shield Arc
Super Member
That was so long ago I don't remember a lot about it. It does look like 3/8-inch material. I think the pipe was 4-inch, sch 80.
I don't know the weight rating, but Jack has a L3200 Kubota tractor with all most 2,000-pound counterweight. When he got home he hooked up his flatbed trailer, backed his tractor on the trailer, and bounced the counterweight a dozen or so times. Then placed a straight edge on the stinger part. Looked good to him.
No I'm not worried about liability issues at all. These are nothing compared to what I use to build.
Sure I don't recommended everybody build a trailer hitch, and especially with a 120-volt Mig welder! When ever I build something I'm not sure about, I know lots of engineers that I just e-mail a drawing to, for their approval. Like this bridge crane I built for my shop, I designed it, but the head of the engineering department of the company I worked for approved it. Just like this gooseneck adapter I built, approved by an engineer. Like I said the welding is the easy part!
I don't know the weight rating, but Jack has a L3200 Kubota tractor with all most 2,000-pound counterweight. When he got home he hooked up his flatbed trailer, backed his tractor on the trailer, and bounced the counterweight a dozen or so times. Then placed a straight edge on the stinger part. Looked good to him.
No I'm not worried about liability issues at all. These are nothing compared to what I use to build.
Sure I don't recommended everybody build a trailer hitch, and especially with a 120-volt Mig welder! When ever I build something I'm not sure about, I know lots of engineers that I just e-mail a drawing to, for their approval. Like this bridge crane I built for my shop, I designed it, but the head of the engineering department of the company I worked for approved it. Just like this gooseneck adapter I built, approved by an engineer. Like I said the welding is the easy part!