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Portable Ball-Type 5th Wheel Hitch
This new portable ball-type 5th wheel hitch eliminates the need to modify your pickup box by making use of a receiver hitch. Best of all, it can be easily removed, leaving your pickup bed free and clear.
  The patent pending Handy Hitch consists of a 4-in. sq. steel tube equipped with a 2 5/16-in. ball that fits between the wheel wells, and a J-shaped, 2-in. sq. steel tube that runs back to the pickup's receiver hitch. Two 4-ft. lengths of 3/8-in. chain cross each other and connect to I hooks at the front of the pickup bed.
  The 4-in. tube can be fitted with a rubber bottom and rubber side pieces to keep the bed from getting scratched.
  The unit can be made in 2 sizes for shortbed or longbed pickups. A pair of solid metal rings serve as safety hooks for the goosenneck trailer.
  "I came up with the idea because I wanted to pull a livestock trailer but didn't want to drill holes in my pickup bed," says inventor James Churchill. He says he's looking for a manufacturer.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James Churchill, 12760 149th Ave., Menahga, Minn. 56464 (ph 218 252-9740; animals_r_wild@yahoo.com; www.inventionhome.com).


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2010 - Volume #34, Issue #4