ATV Trailer Dolly Handles Big Loads

ATV Trailer Dolly Handles Big Loads ATV S Rick Schmitz Cologne Minn was getting tired of putting a ball hitch on his Bobcat every time he needed to move trailers around his property “I have a 24-ft fish house on wheels and wanted to use my ATV The tongue weight of the trailer weighed down the back end of the ATV so I decided to make a trailer dolly ” says Schmitz He cut apart an old boat trailer and made a 45-in wide by 45-in long dolly “I cut the axles off the trailer and used 2-in by 2-in by 1/4-in square tubing and slid the stubs into the tubing then welded them The dolly can handle 1 000 lbs of tongue weight ” says Schmitz His only cost was the square tubing as he had the old boat trailer with tires already “I spent about 2 hrs building it You could make one any size but the smaller frame moves and stores well and still handles a good size trailer “If I had it to do over I would weld a receiver onto the frame and not a ball hitch so I could change sizes easily I would also raise up the ball about 6” higher than it is now ” says Schmitz “I also bolted a support wheel onto a reciver hitch for my ATV to keep the back end up when towing That works well too ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rick Schmitz Cologne Minn 55322; ph 952-466-2459

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