Ryan McFarland

Installed a trailer hitch

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For quite a while I have wanted a trailer hitch. Unlike my last vehicle (the 6MC Sonoma) the Suzuki Grand Vitara doesn’t have a bumper you can just put a ball on. I had shopped for a “three point hitch” before for my car but the prices and shipping just didn’t make it worth it.

Ever since Cena sold her vehicle I have had to borrow Mike’s to use our trailer. Now that I move the trailer every Wednesday morning before work to the harbor having the hitch is now a business need.

I found the hitch on eBay and the seller was willing to ship priority mail instead of UPS.

Bike trailer

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Yesterday after work we whipped up a few attachments to the trailer that make it a mobile bike rental unit. It can carry 10 bikes. We attached a bin on the back for helmets. Total money spent: $0. I did spend some money on 24 feet of cable to lock the bikes with though.

We’re guaranteed to rent the 8 bikes we bought to one of the cruise ships each time they’re in Petersburg. We just need to park the trailer at the harbor each Wednesday morning and then pick it back up that afternoon. We even paid for the permit to park the trailer in the city lot.

Now I need a trailer hitch on my car (ordered one tonight) and the hitch of the trailer needs to be welded. Oh, and we’re going to build a roof over the bikes too.