Perhaps this would be insignificant, but since this area would have to bear the additional strain of a (possibly overloaded) trailer The Fuzz decided to use another approach. 
The piece on the left A will take a ride on the bench grinder, the one on the right B has already had it's turn and now is able to slip up into this "frame". This stuff has to go in one hole and end up with the bolt sticking out of the other.
This could get tricky.
But there is a little trick to accomplish this amazing feat. They have provided this ingenious technique utilizing this "Fishing" wire to pull the bolt into the flat thing which will already be inside the "frame".
Note how securely the bolt threads into this specially designed wire. The Fuzz was expecting the worst, like maybe loosing all this stuff inside that "frame". But I'm happy to report that he was disappointed, and every thing worked just as planned. The bolt slid into that flat piece and then the whole thing slid right down though the proper hole with only a minimum of jiggling. This was repeated on the other side, and then the hitch was lifted and bolted into position.
And here is the finished project.Now we'll have to find a suitable trailer.
3 comments:
Nice job. That fishing system was one of the better ones I have seen.
It also looks like two bolts hold the whole thing on the vehicle. If it is a class I hitch, maximum rated gross trailer weight of 2,000 pounds with 200 pounds of tongue weight. I would not want to go much past that with only two bolts.
A class II can handle up to 3,500 pounds GTW with 300 pounds tongue weight.
L- There is a 3rd bolt at the rear that attaches to the towing ring on the car. We don't plan on towing much with this little car anyways.
nice finish! maybe you could get something to hang from it while you don't have a trailer hooked up...haha - i know you guys have seen some of the crazy stuff that people hang on the back of their vehicles!
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