hitch bit wanted

i'm making a lifting cradle to tow my motorbike behind my motorhome,
(sliding post that lowers to the floor, ride bike into wheel cradle, pump up
the bottle jack to raise the post to ride height, lock in place and drive
off)

To mount the assembly to the van, i've picked up the rear half of a
landrovers height adjustable hitch mount.. the thing with 5 holes in the
sides, that a U shaped (sort of) front plate goes over, and a pin through
one of the holes to set the height.

I'm using one of these to make the bike towing carrier removeable when not
in use.. and with a spare plate i can go back to a normal ball hitch for a
trailer.

BUT, all i could get is the back half of the height adjustable hitch off the
lanrdrover in the scrapper, the front plate was long gone,

Don't suppose anyone on here has one laying about, with the pin, that they
don't need anymore?? needs to be very very cheap... rusty if fine as i'll be
welding to it painting it to match the van.

Idealy within driving distance of Grantham/Nottingham way.

Also, anyone got a steel pin type tow hitch?? i need an all steel one, not a
cast one, as i need the jaws to be horizontal, as they'll be carrying the
load of the bike on the cradle's pivot, so the cast ones that have angled
jaws to ease hitching are no good.

Again a cheap rusty one is ideal.

One time e-mail address for me... don't hit reply, it's never been an e-mail
addy there... use:

gary AT kampenwagen DOT co DOT uk

Cheers,

Gazz

On or around Fri, 27 May 2005 13:04:40 +0000 (UTC), "CampinGazz" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Don't suppose anyone on here has one laying about, with the pin, that they
>don't need anymore?? needs to be very very cheap... rusty if fine as i'll be
>welding to it painting it to match the van.

you can make one from a slice of channel, with a 3/4" hole drilled in the
right place. Mine is like that, 'cos I made it meself. 3/4 tractor link
pin or similar, or a bit of 3/4" bright mild steel bar, makes yer pin.

I spose you'll want dimensions, next...

if you have a decent steel supplier anywhere near, they should be able to
saw off 6" or so of channel (it might be the metric equivalent of 7"x3", I
can measure if you want) and drill the hole, and supply either a pin or a
bit of bar and some R clips.

I think all the steel to make mine (both bits) came to about 10 quid, but
then again I did the drilling etc. meself, 'cos I have a big enough drilling
machine.

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