Congrats John !! You've been looking a long time - patients pays off, you got more than you were originally hoping for.
Yes, it's been a while, and I ended up with more than I ever thought I would (and of course, spending more than I ever thought I would). When I first saw the Metavic forwarding trailer for sale, I thought about it for a while, then decided it was still too expensive. I mentioned to my wife. The conversation went something like this:
John: Remember that forwarding trailer I was drooling over? There's one used on Craig's list. The perfect setup for me use.
Kim: Are you going to get it?
John: Too expensive. I just can't justify it, even at this used price.
Kim: Why not get it? You never buy anything for yourself.
John: <dumbfounded look>
(She's crazy. I just bought a well-used used Tacoma pickup a few months ago, mainly so I'd stop beating up the minivan hauling stuff around - though with my son a new driver, it did free both of us up from chauffeuring him around.)
On that hitch - it can't twist or buckle when backing or breaking with the set-up I have. The pins are 90* to each other like a U-joint and there is a loose but close fit between the two clevis type joints so they are held inline by that and the pin. It acts like a normal pinned draw bar hook-up backing and braking.
That's helpful. In looking at it now and thinking about it more, I can see that. My tractor drawbar has a fairly large hole in it, so I may have some slop around that pin, but I'm guessing that's not a big issue?
The receiver hitch on your winch looks similar to my set-up. Did you have to do anything different to use it with that? Any need to shim up with washers to fill the gap (I assume the insert's tab is thinner than your tractor drawbar), or do you just pin it in and go?
