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PostSubject: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 3:11 pm

I'm heading to GA(700 miles) for a large military meet, at an off road park. Not driving my big trucks, wife wouldn't go then. So I built a carrier on the back of the 5th wheel camper to take mower with me!

I had already replaced the wimpy rear bumper on the camper with a heavy gauge 4in square tubing. Welded on a reese receiver for a cargo carrier, or to tow a trailer, and two eye bolts for safety chains. Old bumper was installed on top of new one, for poop hose storage.

Then installed a cargo carrier. It's rated at 500 pounds, think mower is around 350. But way too small to fit mower on. So I built a carrier for the mower out of old truck frame rails, that sits on top of the rear bumper, and sits on the cargo carrier. Got it all welded and bolted on, then drove tractor on.

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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 3:25 pm

Too cool! Some of the ga guys will wonder and maybe meet up lol. Great holder, looks tough.
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 3:30 pm

Cool idea I like it!
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 7:06 pm

where at in georgia?
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 9:06 pm

Nicely done sir! A little bit of paint, and... Voila!
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 9:50 pm

No time for paint! Already rolled 200 miles, over 70 mph. Going to durhamtown off road park, near union point, GA.
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 8th 2013, 9:54 pm

Stretch44875 wrote:
No time for paint!  Already rolled 200 miles, over 70 mph.  Going to durhamtown off road park, near union point, GA.
if you had got here last friday you could have met up with me at trucks gone wild man lol
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 14th 2013, 10:08 am

Rolled for over 1400 miles with no problems... On to the next project!
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 14th 2013, 3:03 pm

Didnt you have "silver bullet" writing on the side of the hood?
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 14th 2013, 5:53 pm

Yea, but it got a quick paint job a while back, and never got replaced. Needs painted again, I'm rough on paint jobs.
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PostSubject: Re: Have mower, will travel...   Have mower, will travel... Icon_minitimeOctober 14th 2013, 7:20 pm

Stretch44875 wrote:
Yea, but it got a quick paint job a while back, and never got replaced.  Needs painted again, I'm rough on paint jobs.
haha I see that. I watch most of trb's video and your v twin sounds amazing. Bravo!
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