Did you ever see one of these?

[easygo]

IMPUNITY; im-pu-ni-ty
Latin: impunitas....impunis...free from punishment,exemption from punishment, penalty or harm
that is according to Webster's

I chose the 7018 to hold the trailer together as I was unable to find the proper application for IMPUNITY.



Yep....

 

[Willl]

I give up.

 

[Oliver1655]

JJ,
To respond to your question on the latching pin, one side is machined off to where the ball can pass by it. When the pin is released, the spring rotates the pin to where the other side is next to the ball and prevents the coupler from lifting off. I have used one of these couplers on a trailer for close to 10 years without any problems. If available, I would have no hesitations about purchasing another. (I am new to this forum which is why the long gap in response.)

 

[rScotty]

I'm in the process of building a trailer and picked up an "A" frame coupler for it. It seems well made but I wonder if anyone has seen this setup before. I don't want to weld it on and realize I should have gone with something else.

So bolt it on. Problem solved.
rScotty

 

[easygo]

Thanks for the advice guys. I ended up welding the hitch onto the A frame.

This gives me an opportunity to post some images of the project. The trailer is nearly finished. The frame needs paint and I have to put on the fenders. Other then that it works great. I just had to make it functional ASAP last Fall because my old trailer sold much faster then I thought and I had to have this on the road. I had #2000 in it and it performed flawless and rides very well. Here are some pictures.

Edit: Before you tell me that the coupler will be short lived with that B.S. welding job I want to say that it is just tacked up at that point.

 

[easygo]

Some more photos

 

[easygo]

Just a few more

 

[BayouMan]

Nice job on the trailer Easygo. Looks like you have a very enthusiatic helper there! That trailer and coupler should last you a life time.

Mike

 

[jimmysisson]

No wonder the little guy is in your wagon - you grabbed his for your welding supply! Same fella as in the bucket? Cute!
Jim

 

[Stampeder]

Great helper you got there. Looks like he's having a ball.......

Glad to see you used the coupler. It looks very robust and should last a long time.

I would however loose the jack and get one that mounts on the side and swings out of the way. I don't put those weld on top screw jacks on anything anymore. Too many that I've seen get bent by the slightest roll back and then are useless. At least with the weld on's you can pull the pin and rotate it back or remove it and have a storage pipe elsewhere out of the way.

Also, if it bends then throw it away and get a replacement from HF for $20.00.

Just my 2cents.

Cheers.

 

[easygo]

Thanks guys. The little man in the picture is my son the same little guy as in my avatar. Now that it was pointed out I must admit. The cart with the welder was originally for him and as a garden cart. It did serve as such for a couple of months and it's had the welder in it for the past year and a half. Shame on me but he loves daddy's "big trailer". When the trailer goes somewhere he goes too. He tagged along for a nine hour road trip this Spring when I bought a finish mower. We stopped every couple of hours and jumped around in the trailer for entertainment.

Stampeder,

I have read that these jacks can be a pain, but I didn't weld it on it is bolted. So far it has been all right for my need. With the exception of the tires, planking and the coupler all the pieces and parts were salvaged from an old trailed and from the scrap yard. I figure I will use the jack as long as it works.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I figure I will use the jack as long as it works.

That's the spirit!! If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it breaks, fix it right.

 

[Stampeder]

Good job on the trailer, even better when you can build it from mostly salvage parts....does my heart good to see.
I farm with old junk. My wife and I are both on second marriages and just starting out again (read that as Broke), so we can't afford new hay equipment, plows, disks, etc. So when I see someone build a trailer out of mostly salvaged stuff I'm very impressed.

Bolts are your friend. I just bought three of the side mounts with the weld on mount. I love them because I can swap them around and on my shredder I have one that I can take off and put the jack up on the shredder deck so it is totally out of the way. I like this for out in the fields etc. and I'm going to do the same thing with my V rake jack as well.

Good luck and treat that little helper right.....you'll turn around on morning soon and he'll be grown with kids of his own.......Believe me, been there, done that......

Glenn

 

[6011Artist]

Great build on the trailer, I like it. Suggestion on the tongue jack. The top bolts in as you did but there is suppose to be a flat plate on the bottom of the A-frame that has a round hole in it for the jack to go through, causing it to stand firm and not lean like it is doing in one of your pics. Don't weld the jack to the bottom plate, can easily be slid back out if ever a problem. Take a piece of plate or wide flat bar to fab up a bottom plate. That jack was designed to withstand a lot more than you will ever put on it with your small 1 axle trailer.

Also, to keep from doing a lot of twisting when using the jack I drill one hole in the bottom of the leg of the jack and then slide a piece of pipe INSIDE of the existing leg that has holes drilled every couple of inches so I can pin the inside pipe where it extends the outside one. I weld a piece of flat bar or plate to the inside pipe to form a foot for the jack. When unhooking, I pull the pin, drop the inside pipe with foot to the desired position, pin it off and start twisting the jack to raise it to the desired level. Saves a whole lot of jack cranking and the inside pipe never gets in the way, fits in there perfect, no problems. I still drop a piece of board or wooden block for footing if the ground isn't really hard.

I like your welder cart, got 4 wagons I picked up at auctions that are used for shop/garden/yard projects. Works like a dream. I have one rigged for fishing, rod holders mounted on plywood that mounts or dismounts with 4 sheet metal screws. I pier fish some (ocean) and go to one lake where I like to walk the dam, no car access. Don't always take the boat. Lots of uses for that wagon.