I unfortunately didn't order the tow hitch as a factor mount and need the female portion of one for my bike rack. Is anyone else in a similar situation? I'm planning to manufacture a hitch and would be happy to make a couple, if there is interest.
Surely you are not allowed to manufacture your own tow hitch??
I mean someone has to and the dealership won't sell one unless it came equipped from the factory. Pretty sure that design (even simplified per the suggestion) will be plenty strong to carry a few mountain bikes.
I'll let you know what we come up with. After a second look, it appears that there would be a design consideration about how much of the originally designed "ears" (where the chain hooks would go) to keep. I like simpler too.
Welcome to the US, you absolutely can
My dealership sold me the factory one…
That's scary as hell.Welcome to the US, you absolutely can
It looks sort of adjustable for height. Probably a whole weekend of thought and developing went into this.
Not in Australia at least. The new rules will not let a boilermaker/certified weldor make a basic trailer without an engineering sign off. It is still possible to have one off tow connections made as long as it is engineered and welded to code.
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One consideration, since you mentioned bike racks, is insertion length - this one looks very short. My hitch extension (for bike rack use) has two holes in the shank at 7" and 9" extension. I could clear the spare tire at 7" but the factory hitch will not accommodate insertion to that point.
Could also build a trailer in Australia too, but the rules changed last July. The Australian Central Bureaucracy attempting to protect us from ourselves again.You can home-build and register a trailer here as well!
Great call Tom. We're going to mock one up and play with it. I will buy an extension to play with and ultimately use with my rack.
Are you also adding the 7pin wire hookup to your truck? If so and you have done it, what does the wire situation look like there for turn signals feed, etc? Is it that big loom right above the hitch mount area? About 1" think loom or in corner, etc?
