Finished my custom hitch hauler

[mbrick]

Finished up my custom hitch hauler this weekend.

Criteria when I was designing it:
-Have a nose pin so I just need a strap on the rear, rather than putting a strap over the hood.
-Nose tube removable so it could store flat (no 4 car garage here).
-Custom strap that clipped on so I don't have to fumble with the tie down ends while in the water.
-Beefy.

I used 2" .250" wall tube, 1.5" .188" angle iron, 1.5" .188" wall tube (1.5" .125" tube for the slip fit), and 1.25" .188" wall tube. Had it powder coated gloss white to match my ski (and truck). Ordered the parts and made the custom ratchet strap to length.

I plan on replacing the bunks with Trex and t-nuts so the screws do not stick through.

 

[Morpheus122]

That looks really nice. How much did the materials cost you?

 

[mbrick]

Thanks.

I used about $120 in metal for both the rolling cart and hitch hauler. Would be more efficient if I was replicating but some of it was designed on the fly so I have some waste/extra metal.
The nose pin, strap parts, chain, misc hardware, were about $30 from McMaster.
The powder coating was too expensive at $150 min lot charge, I will find someone else for my next project.

 

[Quinc]

Awesome! And great idea on the nose pin.

 

[Dirtybird]

Looks great! If that metal strap is touching the side of the hull (pic 4) that b**** is going to get chewed up. Misplaced my strap, and wasn't happy with results

Great design, time for some mods to mine

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[mbrick]

Looks great! If that metal strap is touching the side of the hull (pic 4) that b**** is going to get chewed up. Misplaced my strap, and wasn't happy with results

Great design, time for some mods to mine

Good eye. That was an unforeseen issue... I since glued on pads that go around the buckle to keep it from touching the hull. The strap just barely kept the metal off of the hull but I wanted to be a little more certain.

I plan on taking it out to the lake this weekend, so far just made it to the gas station and back.

 

[Dirtybird]

Nice! Just didn't want to see the beaver attack pics later. Haha
Fine job.

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[Kohldanielzimmer]

Very sano. Good work.

 

[tacko834]

This looks awesome, great job man! May I ask for some dimensions? I'd like to build one just like this.

 

[mbrick]

Sure, I'll post up either a photo of my sketch or some measurements.

The hauler has been perfect the last few days I went to the lake so I would be glad to help with the small details it took me a little while to figure out.

 

[mbrick]

This looks awesome, great job man! May I ask for some dimensions? I'd like to build one just like this.

Tacko, I made a quick drawing from the hauler when I got home from the lake today. I didn’t post photos of my original sketches because they were across a few pages and had several corrections.

The angle of the nose piece is hard to get just right and I suggest tacking it up and fit checking.

The main things that will probably help you are the length and locations on the 2” receiver tube, bunk spacing (pitch), and left/right position that took a while to mock up.

Let me know if you have any questions. I bought hardware like the mild steel chain, nose pin, etc from McMaster and can provide the part numbers.

 

[tacko834]

You rock man! Thanks a ton!