Articulating Hitch

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I am looking for a light duty articulating hitch for my 700 that would rotate on all 3 axis'. Thinking about hauling firewood utility trailer through the woods and over hills - want to help avoid binding, bending and roll over. There are some good (but expensive) heavy duty options available like Lock N Roll but I only need one good to 3500 lbs or less. Looking to purchase or DIY fabricate. Ideas?
 
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I am looking for a light duty articulating hitch for my 700 that would rotate on all 3 axis'. Thinking about hauling firewood utility trailer through the woods and over hills - want to help avoid binding, bending and roll over. There are some good (but expensive) heavy duty options available like Lock N Roll but I only need one good to 3500 lbs or less. Looking to purchase or DIY fabricate. Ideas?
The motorcycle guys use a standard u-joint between the receiver and trailer tongue.
 
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$60 in materials and 1/2 hour on the welder. The rest is Liability !
 
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Why not use the standard pintel style hitch? Commonly available, inexpensive, and works. The example shown is way over weight needed but an example of how it can flex.

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Why not use the standard pintel style hitch? Commonly available, inexpensive, and works. The example shown is way over weight needed but an example of how it can flex.

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making an engineering project out of it, need to be careful, I have seen many sxs's on the roof and side from hauling stuff in a trailer - things are so freaking light - need to be super careful going down the slightest of grades
 
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making an engineering project out of it, need to be careful, I have seen many sxs's on the roof and side from hauling stuff in a trailer - things are so freaking light - need to be super careful going down the slightest of grades
I can see this happening which is why I wanted the articulating hitch.
 
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At some point I plan to build an overlanding trailer. These two DIY articulating hitches were some of the info I found during the online research
 
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I saw this one and liked it. Got the welding capability but it looked to me like machining required that I do not have equpment for. Will look at it again.
His list of the tools needed is very basic. Since you can weld, you'll probably have what you need.
 
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His list of the tools needed is very basic. Since you can weld, you'll probably have what you need.
I spent some time with the Tventuring Under $50 DIY thread today.


What a great design and write up! It is do-able for me although my MIG welder is only 140 vs his suggested 180 amp. If I have to, I could dust off the old Lincoln AC/DC Tombstone stick welder and see if that still works. I tallied up all the parts I would need from his material list (again, very nicely done) and now, 10+ years later, it is about $130 vs his original less than $50 but still way cheaper than the ready made options everyone identified.

Thank you all for your suggestions and comments. I do not have immediate plans to pull the trigger on this project but hope to by early spring. Will post back with my results.
 
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I spent some time with the Tventuring Under $50 DIY thread today.


What a great design and write up! It is do-able for me although my MIG welder is only 140 vs his suggested 180 amp. If I have to, I could dust off the old Lincoln AC/DC Tombstone stick welder and see if that still works. I tallied up all the parts I would need from his material list (again, very nicely done) and now, 10+ years later, it is about $130 vs his original less than $50 but still way cheaper than the ready made options everyone identified.

Thank you all for your suggestions and comments. I do not have immediate plans to pull the trigger on this project but hope to by early spring. Will post back with my results.
How is this better than a pintle hitch? When I was in the military every vehicle was equipped with one.
 
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