PeterK
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Best way I've found to move a trailer is with a front mounter ball. I have one mounted through the brush guard bolts and don't know how I ever lived without it. Mine is DIY from HF parts.
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That can work, but given that the trailer usually goes behind its tow vehicle anyway... I try to put it where it can stay, which removes the need to move them around with a tractor or anything else - yes, I am assuming road going trailers here, not farm trailers.
The most CONCISE tip I ever got about backing up trailers (from my Son, of all people) is to just drive the trailer wheel(s) that are on the inside of the curve you are trying to back around.
When folding it up, e.g. to get into a driveway, those are the only wheels you can see in your mirrors anyway
So, that and DO USE MIRRORS for this, I see people trying to tap dance on the pedals with their butt off the seat trying to crane their neck, sometimes over the left shoulder - if/when they swing the front of the truck too wide it goes through a fence or into a ditch. SO much easier and safer to keep eyes forward, use mirrors and watch the front wheels for swinging wide when you try to straighten it out.
BTW, don't lift a boat trailer tongue too high, there is usually very little rear clearance.
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Probably, although you might need a bar with a 4 or 6" drop.
BuilderML
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Seeing how this is a long tread this may have been mentioned before but i picked up the HF 3 1/2 cu ft cement mixer and for $157 you can't go wrong. Money well spent in my view.
I'm thinking about getting this as a carry-all for my tractor. It would also be useful with my truck and SUV for carrying fuel jugs to the local gas station. Anybody have an opinion on whether or not it fuel jugs could be safely filled while in this rack? I've got a 14 gallon rolling fuel container that is a pain-in-the-backside to lift back into the truck bed when it's full. Logic suggests the rack would be grounded to the vehicle's frame via the hitch receiver and shouldn't be vulnerable to static electricity.
Hitch Cargo Carrier - 500 lb. Capacity
Hitch Cargo Carrier - 500 lb. Capacity
millsan1
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Just put together and used the 3.5 Cement mixer this weekend. Mixed 24 80lb bags of concrete with no issues. Very happy. Installation instructions were useless, but I figured it out.
I was told it's the law that cans must be filled while on the ground. I tried filling cans while they were in the back of my truck only one time, and the station cut the pump off immediately and wouldn't turn it on until I placed the cans on the ground. I'm not sure how that carrier would be interpreted though.
California
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Same for the little 1.25 cu ft one. The store model was put together all wrong, a clue you have to be brighter than average to figure it out.
One tip, use gasket paste on one side to hold the gasket in place while you assemble the two halves of the tub.
Mine was short a couple of screws.
After trying it out I rubbed paraffin into the teeth on the drum where the motor drives it, to reduce the screech there.
After completion it runs flawless but my hope that this would hull walnuts was a mistake. Hours of running didn't accomplish much of anything. I tried adding metal bolts and nuts, they got polished but most of the walnut hulls just looked abraded. And the nut meats had all their sharp corners ground off, from all the tumbling.
Summary: One of HF's good products but I didn't need it. When I have time I'll put the mixer on Craigslist.
Be very VERY CAREFUL with ANYTHING that obscures you license plate, either with the load on/in it or the device itself.
I know, I know, bike carrier racks do it all the time and seem to get away with it - their problem if stopped, their ticket, etc.
PILOON
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I carry 4 ea 5 gal containers on mine frequently.
I run a strap from side to side thru the handles so as to not lose them. (rough roads)