It's Good To Have Friends... With Welders

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 05/10/2018 at 13:20 • Filed to: None

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I asked a friend to borrow his truck to launch my boat the other day, and he replied, “Sure, but leave YOUR truck with me so I can weld a receiver onto it.”

And here you have it:

I haven’t actually gotten back to his house to retrieve it yet, but this is a nice addition. I’m not saying I’m towing my boat very far with this setup (it’s a bit heavy), but I can at least move the trailer around. That, and other things like my wood splitter, etc. - the bumper itself is too high to just bolt on a ball. Now I just need a drop hitch of the right height and I’m good!

Side note: he doesn’t use social media at all (I don’t think he even has a cell phone) it’s his girlfriend who does all the posting, but he seems cool with that so whatever. He’s always working on cool stuff, and just built a bigger shop a couple years back. And yet, this isn’t even his day job.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > functionoverfashion 05/10/2018 at 13:37

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I will be putting a trailer hitch on my ‘60s Ford at some point... which shouldn’t involve welding, because the hitch from a mid-2000s Kia fits well enough. Derp.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > functionoverfashion 05/10/2018 at 14:04

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My M37 doesn’t have a ball, it has the type that makes a closed circle, so the trailers had a doughnut on them I think

functionoverfashion > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/10/2018 at 14:09

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Oh yes a pintle hitch. Those make LOTS of sense, but unfortunately they’re really only used on big heavy stuff. It’s just so... logical! And simple.

SmugAardvark > functionoverfashion 05/10/2018 at 14:37

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It’s also good to have friends with tacos.

Because, hey, tacos!

functionoverfashion > SmugAardvark 05/10/2018 at 14:39

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lol... also when I bought the boat last year my friend with a (different, non-edible kind of) Taco helped me tow it home and launch it. So... funny you should mention it.

I think I’ll have tacos for dinner...

SmugAardvark > functionoverfashion 05/10/2018 at 14:45

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There’s a DJ Khaled joke just waiting to be made there...

But I think tacos are a fantastic idea for dinner. In fact, I might just do the same.