Originally Posted by iceratt
Thanks for the ideas. For me to rent a truck, to pul a craft a few miles is painful. Still, I don't understand how I stop from being run over by a heavy homemade trailer, when I have to break, for stop signs and traffic. Please expound on the design of such a hitch, for the mechanically ********.
Stopping with a trailer is always a challenge that requires great care. The best hitch I've ever seen is
the "chunk o'car tire" hitch that is shown in the plans I posted. IT WILL NOT FAIL NOR TEAR WHEN
MOUNTED TO THE SEAT POST. I know this from hauling stuff in the trailer that weighted about 250#.
Just make sure that the rubber is mounted so that it has JUST enough room for some slip on the post.
Hitches that mount to the chain stays make me nervous because they are offset to one side and at an
angle.