Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion

Tuner · 01-16-2012, 02:40 AM

Ok this cart has been converted to have rear seats and a hitch added to the rear step, I need to add some support for the hitch. I plan on adding a tube between the added hitch and stock hitch but what do I need to do to add some support to keep from bending my step and seat brackets when weight gets on it. Only thing I have seen as a possibility is adding support up to the bed tilt points. Any ideas are welcome.

1moretoy · 01-16-2012, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuner

Only thing I have seen as a possibility is adding support up to the bed tilt points. Any ideas are welcome.

that would get in the way of the rear riders feet wouldn't it? Can you get some pictures from underneath for us to help come up with a solution?

SpoiledRotten · 01-16-2012, 08:44 AM

Check mine out in the last pages of the link in my sig. It's pleanty stout enough for anything the cart will pull. Good luck with yours.

Tuner · 01-17-2012, 11:11 PM

Here is a bottom picture it basically has nothing but the step for support.

1moretoy · 01-18-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuner

Here is a bottom picture it basically has nothing but the step for support.

I could see why it might sag under weight. I would extend the hitch reciever back to the bracket bolted to the bottom of the frame.

Tuner · 01-19-2012, 12:55 AM

Thanks

spriddle · 01-19-2012, 02:20 PM

Wow!!! That is one nice cart!

Tuner · 01-19-2012, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spriddle

Wow!!! That is one nice cart!

Thanks, its my first cart and I am having a blast with it.

WILD-BILL · 01-20-2012, 03:58 PM

Why not connect the 2 hitches together?

My first thought would be a draw bar and drill another set of holes for a second pin in the rear part of the seat mounted hitch that way it's easily removed if the seat has to come off.

Tuner · 01-20-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by WILD-BILL

Why not connect the 2 hitches together?

My first thought would be a draw bar and drill another set of holes for a second pin in the rear part of the seat mounted hitch that way it's easily removed if the seat has to come off.

I am definitely connecting them, I would like to add more support because of it sticking so far out.

01-16-2012, 02:40 AM	#1
Tuner Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 33	Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion Ok this cart has been converted to have rear seats and a hitch added to the rear step, I need to add some support for the hitch. I plan on adding a tube between the added hitch and stock hitch but what do I need to do to add some support to keep from bending my step and seat brackets when weight gets on it. Only thing I have seen as a possibility is adding support up to the bed tilt points. Any ideas are welcome.
Tuner Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 33

01-16-2012, 08:44 AM	#3
SpoiledRotten Conservatively Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Below the Mason Dixon Posts: 3,610	Re: Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion Check mine out in the last pages of the link in my sig. It's pleanty stout enough for anything the cart will pull. Good luck with yours.

01-17-2012, 11:11 PM	#4
Tuner Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 33	Re: Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion Here is a bottom picture it basically has nothing but the step for support.
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01-19-2012, 12:55 AM	#6
Tuner Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 33	Re: Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion Thanks
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01-20-2012, 03:58 PM	#9
WILD-BILL Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: BROOK PARK, OH Posts: 194	Re: Hitch help on st480 with rear seat conversion Why not connect the 2 hitches together? My first thought would be a draw bar and drill another set of holes for a second pin in the rear part of the seat mounted hitch that way it's easily removed if the seat has to come off.

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