Recovery experts...am I safe?

[Disturban]

This is my setup.

3/8" thick wall 2x2 square stock with a 3/4" x 2" flat stock arc welded to it all the way around and a 15/16" hole drilled for my 3/4" clevis with a 7/8" screw type pin.

[Disturban]

Do I need to get washers to for the points marked so the pin is not pulled from the top or bottom?

[Disturban]

Going boggin real soon so if anyone see's anything that does not look safe please let me know before I let someone hook up to me!

[Squirell]

it looks safe as what i run only difference is mine is welded right to my frame. you shouldnt need any washers as long as it is a screw pin which it is

[Crazymays77]

yeah your good

[Disturban]

Mine is attached by a heavy duty reese hitch that is bolted and welded to my frame. Also added gussets for extra support...that reciever is not going anywhere.

What about the pin holding my hitch into the reciever? Is there any type I should get or not get or are they all the same?

[Squirell]

you are fine dont worry. i have never seen one of them pins break...aint saying they dont but i havent seen them

[Mudbuster]

as long as your welds are good you will be fine

[Disturban]

as long as your welds are good you will be fine

Killer welds...beveled the edges on the flat stock and arc welded with a 440v welder, real deep penetration.

[Crazymays77]

i dont believe there is a difference in the pins. atleast when i have looked at them the only diff i've seen is the lockable ones. so you dont have anything to worry about. if it bothers you after you get pulled out or you pull someone out check your hitch and everything. on my tracker I took 2x3 1/8 in wall square tubing and welded it to the front and back of the frame. I have slammed on it trying to pull full size trucks and i've even pulled them out and I have not broke anything on it yet.

[Ranger Dave]

  mail it to me,   you should  let  me  try it for ya.  you will get it  back  by the  end of  sunner.      


























looks  good to  me

[Crazymays77]

a couple pics of my set up

[Disturban]

   mail it to me,   you should  let  me  try it for ya.  you will get it  back  by the  end of  sunner.     

I actually have another one I will give you for free if we meet up this summer...you have to buy your own clevis for it though.

Speaking of clevis I got a good one made in America...another member sent me pics for a clevis that was made in China (Thank You for trying to help me) you know who you are, anyway as I explained to him China steel is not as strong as ours and the reason is because they do not go through the purification processes that we do. We sell China all our scrap steel and they just remelt it and pour away. They dont worry about containaments of other weaker metals as American steel foundries do!

My job is machine maintenance technician and we had grade 8 bolts breaking left and right on 3000 ton presses and we thought it was something wrong with the machine until other presses started doing it.

Come to find out the parts department ordered a bunch of bolts made in China because they was a penny cheaper a piece...they save a few hundred bucks but caused over 100 hours down time and thousands of dollars in lost production.

Just something to think about when you buy something made in China.

[fukkinrizzo]

the receivers rated for 10,000 lbs are sold steel or have a smaller tube welded inside the other one.

your tubing looks pretty thick.  next time your at tractor supply look though the hitch section and check out the different ways their product's are made. Might give you some ideas.

[Hammerlane]

Washers would'nt hurt, take up the space and reduces latteral movement but looks to me like a solid setup and I would'nt worry about it..

be sure to check over your setup when your done wheelin (cracks, breaks, bends etc...)

Looks good 

[homewrecker john]

I would use crosby brand clevis...strongest around and still american made..

[homewrecker john]

ohh ya some people say to tighten it up and back it off a quarter turn...........thats wrong...cut the the rating of the clevis in half....tighten it up all the way!!!

[fukkinrizzo]

the receivers rated for 10,000 lbs are sold steel or have a smaller tube welded inside the other one.

your tubing looks pretty thick.  next time your at tractor supply look though the hitch section and check out the different ways their product's are made. Might give you some ideas.

Since you used 3/8 thick wall you are fine. I just measured two of mine and the 10k one measures 3/8 for both tubes and the single tube measures 3/16.

I don't want someone to think one tube is ok and neglect the difference in wall thickness.

[liftedboomns10]

looks good 

[chevy599]

looks like a good idea...i wouldnt mind using that either ill have to think about making one myself