Tow Hitch

[little crawler]

Hey guys, I want to make a tow hitch for my scaler. Does anyone have any ideas where to start or what to use? I have no idea. Any help is appreciated thanks.

[Illeagle]

I actually made one for that truck that towed my trailer I have. I loaned it to a buddy but I will try to get it back and give it too you. No promises but if you cant wait these ones are pretty sweet and will bolt right on:

http://www.crawlerx.net/index.php?ma...products_id=20

Otherwise you can just get some square tube and solid square rod and braze one up yourself!

[little crawler]

Alright. I would love to get that hitch from you. Would it still work with the spare tire setup? Let me know if you can get it. Thanks

[Illeagle]

i talked to him today and he said no problem. Once I get it I will let you know. It hangs down under the rear so it shouldnt interfere with anything. It was just kind of a quicky one I made in an hour so I could tow around the trailer and thug truggy so dont expect much!!! escpecially for the price. LOL

[prifral]

....or a pintle. Im working on one for my mog

[REDDEATH]

Those pintle hitches work AWESOME I have one on my 1/6 Willys.

[rcjunky3]

is that an rc4wd or homemade

[prifral]

The bare aluminum one pictured above is homemade - months before the RC4WD release. One below is the production RC4WD. I shaved some height off the base plate cuz it was just too tall.

[REDDEATH]

The one I installed on my Willys I used it up at Forest Falls I got to use it, "WORKS AWESOME", they are rated at over a 100 lbs tow weight which is way more than needed, But it is the topper for my 1/6 Jeep and the Chase Trailer for my Jeep.

[REDDEATH]

The bare aluminum one pictured above is homemade - months before the RC4WD release. One below is the production RC4WD. I shaved some height off the base plate cuz it was just too tall.

Where did you get the reflective tape on the back of your rig?

[towtruckmikey]

There are also some threads on rccrawler about making hitches.

[prifral]

The one I installed on my Willys I used it up at Forest Falls I got to use it, "WORKS AWESOME", they are rated at over a 100 lbs tow weight which is way more than needed, But it is the topper for my 1/6 Jeep and the Chase Trailer for my Jeep.

Cool! Ive been contemplating a trailer for my mog. Do the pintle/loop articulate well? Any binding on sharp turns?

Where did you get the reflective tape on the back of your rig?

Its faux reflective tape that came in the Tamiya Unimog body kit. Its not really reflective.

[REDDEATH]

Yes the pintle and loop hitch articulates really well,no binding in heavy cornering. I set it up so I can remove the pintle with a body clip,so it has an actual receiver on the pintle incase you want to do any heavy four wheeling or crawling so you dont get hung up on rocks,sticks and roots.

[REDDEATH]

Thanks for the info on the tape btw.