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<blockquote data-quote="Pepperell" data-source="post: 884350" data-attributes="member: 708"><p><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I prolly have $100 into it. Bought the steel at the most expensive place I could find; Home Depot. I threw $40 at my welding buddy for welding the end piece. Bought the SS hardware at the even more expensive True Value 1 mi. from Casa Layton. Took a lot of time, though; bend and trial fit, etc. Your best bet would be to take the one from my bike and copy my pieces. DON'T DRILL ANY HOLES TILL YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TEST FITTED! </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I held my pieces in place with vicegrips to determine hole locations. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">If time is more valuable than money, buy a premade hitch. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">It handles well at 70 MPH with a load. I haven't tried it empty. I still need to mess with the tire pressure; max for these tires is around 60#, but that's with a full load of 500# per tire. I started with 35#, will probably end up around 25 or 30#, based on what I've read. The spring is used on several different models, all of which are intended for heavier loads. I tried jumping up and down on the frame minus the box, and the spring deflected about 1/4". The tires do most of the spring work. I took it on a hundred mile shakedown run and the tires were cold when I got home.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pepperell, post: 884350, member: 708"] [SIZE=14px][FONT='Comic Sans MS']I prolly have $100 into it. Bought the steel at the most expensive place I could find; Home Depot. I threw $40 at my welding buddy for welding the end piece. Bought the SS hardware at the even more expensive True Value 1 mi. from Casa Layton. Took a lot of time, though; bend and trial fit, etc. Your best bet would be to take the one from my bike and copy my pieces. DON'T DRILL ANY HOLES TILL YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TEST FITTED! [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=14px][FONT='Comic Sans MS']I held my pieces in place with vicegrips to determine hole locations. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=14px][FONT='Comic Sans MS'] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=14px][FONT='Comic Sans MS']If time is more valuable than money, buy a premade hitch. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=18px][FONT='Comic Sans MS']It handles well at 70 MPH with a load. I haven't tried it empty. I still need to mess with the tire pressure; max for these tires is around 60#, but that's with a full load of 500# per tire. I started with 35#, will probably end up around 25 or 30#, based on what I've read. The spring is used on several different models, all of which are intended for heavier loads. I tried jumping up and down on the frame minus the box, and the spring deflected about 1/4". The tires do most of the spring work. I took it on a hundred mile shakedown run and the tires were cold when I got home.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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