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Old 05-18-2019, 04:25 PM
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Default Cyclops hitch too low.
I occasionally need to move my sons boat trailer around but it's a pain to hook to my 1641. The jack will let the trailer down till it just touches the ball then I release the jack lock and let it rotate on the wheel to get the hitch down on the ball. This is sure to go bad at some point. I need to raise the ball about 3 or 4 inches to take some of the drama out of hooking it up. If I could find a piece of angle the right size I could make another hitch with the leg up. I can't be the first guy to run into this so probably smarter people than me have a figured out a simple solution.
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You can flip that hitch plate upside down and raise it four, five inches. There's two sets of holes there.
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Or you can back up onto two 2x4 or 2x6's
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Buy this from ebay... or looks pretty easy to fabricate one
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You can flip that hitch plate upside down and raise it four, five inches. There's two sets of holes there.
I didn't know there was another set of holes. I'll try that before I start making anything. Thanks
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I didn't know there was another set of holes. I'll try that before I start making anything. Thanks
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I dont think theres another set of holes but you could flip it up side down like what was said, use the 3 bolts as they would normally go, tighten them down and drill the other two.
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I dont think theres another set of holes but you could flip it up side down like what was said, use the 3 bolts as they would normally go, tighten them down and drill the other two.

That's correct.
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Small ball mount and a piece of angle iron
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Finely got around to flipping the hitch over this morning. I drilled 2 holes and bolted it back on. Already moved the trailer so I could mow under it. Thanks, it was a simple solution. Wish I had thought of it.
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