DIY 3 WAY SWIVEL HITCH for $60
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- I have a truck and trailer that would go anywhere except the 2" ball hitch was limiting the travel. I could have bought one but I had a bunch of scrap laying around and its always more fun to build your own stuff.
I was thinking just get a heim joint from the three point tractor hitch and the clevis trailer pin mount receiver from harbor freight . Would only need to weld the heim joint end on trailer and be good to go! Save on a ton of fab work 💯🇺🇸
Wish I had the fab tools and skills to make one of these my self, way cheaper than buying one, but by the time I buy all the tools, I could just buy one...
good work
But you will have the tools for the next project. Crazy how this younger generation need to be told this.
Just awesomehitch, bro
The Jumping Jack is so underrated. Such a great trailer! I love your setup bro. Keep killing it! Sub
That’s freakin sweet!! I wish i could build stuff just randomly like you can do man!
that was awesome!! not enough people make things diy anymore. nice work
Ever think about the old standard Pintle hitch. Lots of articulation. They do rattle but are very flexible off road
Now why would someone use something that is cheap right off the shelf and actually works.
@@zombiehunter374 Pintle hitch is noisy and uncomfortable with those rings banging against eachother.
They make rubber donuts to quiet them for the lady drivers.
Seen any abnormal wear out of it? Anything you’d change from what you have as it is?
I want to do this setup but for a motorcycle. In theory it'd work perfectly with all the leaning and all.
My motorcycle trailer incorporated a U-Joint from a drive shaft for the up/down and left/right flex. The part attached to the bike was rigid. Mine was a single wheel trailer so I wanted the trailer to tip with the bike.
@@marceld6061 I see yeah. Id like to have a two wheel trailer for relatively short trips like to the shop and back or if I need to move a small amount of goodies from one place to the other, however, the hitch for my desired setup would honestly only need to be able to spin around like in a 360 degree fashion to accommodate for the leaning of the bike.
suweet! i never knew these existed. going to have to build a trailer with one of these now. =)
Look into Cruisemaster DOT35 or Mchitch trailer hitches from Australia . Ready made 4WD hitches
very nice job!
Love the video bro
Please I need the parts list please thanks
I’ll try and get one together. Busy in a tundra build right now
Did he ever get back to you
Good video..
I made a similar hitch on my Hilux. 1/10th scale RC Hilux that is :)
Very ingenious build... kinda wondering if the same goals could be achieved by sourcing a few u-joints from the salvage yard...?
I thought about that too.
Not sure I’d trust the grade 8 bolt after welding on it.... you’ve heated it up and taken the strength out of it.....
I was about to comment on the same. Welding on hardened materials will change the material profile. It is likely a great degree of brittleness was imparted due to the extreme heating. Off road I wouldn't be to0 worried as the worst case scenario is you lose your trailer, however I would not tow on the road with it. I doubt the maker uses it for on road towing (even though demoed that way in the video) and likely swaps it out when offroad to this hitch.
Offroad though, it looks great and he did a good job creating it for cheap!
I do agree about the pintle hitch though, already does all this and is ridiculously strong.
@@chadmjohn it shouldn't make it brittle, it would make it soft. Heating makes it soft, quenching heated material makes it brittle, reheating slowly and evenly (tempering) can dial it in where you want it. So I think in terms of safety it's probably not going to snap off, but since it is soft it could potentially get deformed and seized. It could be he did in fact spray it with water after welding in which case it would stay hard. Bolts tend to be on the brittle end of things anyway exactly to avoid the threads from deforming, but it means they tend to snap over bend.
The backdrop looks like St George or Southern Utah. I'm in Cedar City and I am also looking for a swivel hitch for my camping trailer and my ATV trailer.
Ya it’s stgeorge
4x6 JJ looks awesome for go anywhere off road in your video. Do you think the 6x8 which I think you had could do similar off roading assuming trail is not to narrow? or do you think it will get bogged with approach and decent angles? Contemplating the 6x8 since we are a family of 4 and don't think the 4x6 will be big enough. Have 2 and 5 year olds along with wife.
This guy never answers his YT posts.
I am in the same boat as you. I have same situation family wide plus a big dog.
The 6x8s just seem a little wide to me. Plus the extra room it would take in the garage. I think my plan is to put bunks for the kids. Dog on the floor.
Let me know if you ended up getting one.
There isn’t a lot of vids on the 4x6
I know that trail. Good hitch.
Good idea. Really chatty, though
I honestly wouldn’t trust myself. I’d just be going 75 mph down the highway and BAM 💥 the whole trailer fell off and caused a 18 car pile up
Do you have any updates for this still like it?
No updates on the channel but ya I still use the crap out of it. If it ever stops raining here ha ha
@@crisisaverted7323 id like an update on wear and tear.
Hi Do you have any other footage, would love to see the grease nipple etc please, cheers
hows it holding up so far?
Still working fine
@@crisisaverted7323 how about now also you live in St. George I’ve seen that truck before
So you can do this with off the shelf parts. Google DIY Tractor Supply hitch. Part numbers and everything.
Do you build or sell these?
Sick build man! Most humans couldn't do this in several lifetimes.
Thanks! I had fun building it🤘🏼
Hey! What kind of axle system does your trailer use?
You got it!
I hope this doesn’t come off mean it’s more curious. With the extreme articulation and flexibility of it, what happens if it starts tipping too far let’s say when you are coming off an steep angle either to your driver or passenger side, will it max out or could it keep tipping and potentially roll over??
It’ll roll over. It’s pretty light though and I could flip it back iver
Have you rolled it yet? Any ideas on how to prevent it from rolling over on you? I do like your thoughts and application!
@@straightarrow5518 don’t take it on stuff too steep.
Anything you do to prevent it from rolling over, increases the risk of it pulling over your rig. Better to let it roll and not take it you with.
Not bad. But 60 bucks. Ya for materials and minimum of 10 hours labor at 40. That's 460 dollars.
I didn't think ag pins where DOT approved.
All you need is a pintle hitch receiver like they use on military offroad vehicles and dumptruck trailers.
Except those are noisy af, and the ring bouncing around is annoying off road. A little different feel than when it is on the back of deuce and a half.
@@fastfoodvwFL the wife would love to hear a pintle rattling for five hours.
I’d pay $100 for one of those. Interested?
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swivel hitch = I want to roll my trailer over
😅😅😅😅 Really? How about you load up the trailer with around 750kg take it on some sh!t roads and see how long it lasts? The whole thing is relying on 1 x 1inch bolt. 😅