who has kewl tow rigs

[Big Kahuna]

you win.

 

[Bobbyjackson]

Looks pretty legit! Do you use a 12v wench to pull it back up into the bed?

Is the idea that the ramp starts horizontal and then when the ski has the front weighted down, you lift the kickstands and then allow the weight of the ski to have the ramp drop down?

Do you remember who's thread you modeled this after?

I just bought a 1000lbs hand crank winch from princess auto for like 20bucks and bolted it to the cradle. The ramp mates up with the cradle in the bed and then the ski gets pulled off the dolly and onto the wheels and dragged up onto the cradle. The legs on the ramp are so the end of the ramp is the same height as my dolly to ensure a smooth transition from dolly to ramp. Dolly is just a 800lbs garden wagon with 2x4s for a cradle

 

[checkmate]

Hi,fits in my chevy van,only missing a cupholder!

 

[X2Kid]

Hi,fits in my chevy van,only missing a cupholder!

Bomb disposal crew want their toy back!

 

[Stavissimo]

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Super nice b1s there

 

[TheBuzzard]

I just picked up this cool old school trailer. all the mechanisms still work.

 

[AirJunky]

I just picked up this cool old school trailer. all the mechanisms still work.

Wow! So what went in the middle? Maybe a UTV?

 

[OCD Solutions]

That's pretty slick! Nice find.

 

[TheBuzzard]

Wow! So what went in the middle? Maybe a UTV?

its got a bow eye pin up there and from the spacing, it looks to house a sitdown.
with a little mod, it could hold another standup or a blaster would be cool in there, with 2 AM boats up top.

 

[Quinc]

Looks perfect to have a SuperChicken in the middle and standups on the sides.

 

[yurkanip]

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I just picked up this cool old school trailer. all the mechanisms still work.

That's a great trailer Buzzard. Its a classic transformer. LOL Clean that up with some paint and rock it with a few skis this summer.

 

[TheBuzzard]

jellyfishes dreams

 

[Quinc]

That is awesome! You should paint/powder coat it some retro colors

 

[FX1 696]

Got tired of paying for my truck gas, 10 hour round trips up north on some weekends. Picked up a hitch receiver for the fiancé’s car for about $100. It’s not really kewl, but saving money is cool.

 

[AirJunky]

Made about a 200 mile trip up to the Pendo'reille river last week. No problems at all. Worked great.

 

[iangdesign]

Fixed it for ya

Got tired of paying for my truck gas, 10 hour round trips up north on some weekends. Picked up a hitch receiver for the fiancé’s car for about $100. It’s not really kewl, but saving money is cool.

fixed it for ya...

 

[FX1 696]

Made about a 200 mile trip up to the Pendo'reille river last week. No problems at all. Worked great.

Playing with fire with that much load on your receiver...

 

[AirJunky]

Playing with fire with that much load on your receiver...

How so? It's rated for 1000 lbs.

 

[FX1 696]

How so? It's rated for 1000 lbs.

I haven't weighed anything you own, but just approximations...

100lb hitch hauler
400lb ski
400lb boat tongue weight

So far we're at 900. Hit a bump in the road and your tongue weight jumps up to 1500lbs for a second. Add in any rusting/weakness due to age of the vehicle... The article below is worth a read

https://www.pstc.ca/gm-hitch-failure-happen/

 

[FX1 696]

How so? It's rated for 1000 lbs.

In addition, that 400lb boat tongue weight has so much more leverage due to the length of the hitch hauler... I don't know exactly how the math works out but we all know how leverage works.