2016 - Volume #40, Issue #4, Page #31
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“Lift Pin” For Fifth Wheel Hitch
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He simply inserts his lift pin into the hitch and uses an overhead hoist or a forklift equipped with a 4-ft. boom to install or remove the hitch from the pickup.
To make the lift pin, he started with a 6-in. length of schedule 40 black pipe and a 6 1/2-in. long, 3/8-in. dia. steel rod, which he heated and bent into a U-shape to fit the top of the pipe. He bored out two 1 1/4-in. flat washers to fit the bottom of the pipe, then welded the washers in place leaving a 3/4-in. gap between them where the hitch locks on.
The storage rack is made out of 1 1/2-in. angle iron that’s 1/4 in. thick. “The rack rides on 2-in. swivel caster wheels, which makes it easy to move around my shop,” says Campoli.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Campoli, JC Metal Fabrication, LLC, 15393 Kelly Rd., Mishawaka, Ind. 46544 (ph 574 340-1109; jcmetfab@aol.com).
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