GoPro used to hook trailer

[garage nut]

Perhaps I can share this "AID" in the same thread.

My boat is a 5.2m Cat with 2 x 60Hp motors fitted. The trailer is a fairly sturdy contraption that is almost 2 trailers op top of one another to all it to pivot for ease of launching directly into the sea from the beach and and also to load again when the boat is driven onto the beach. I guess what I am trying to justify is that the boat trailer combination is a tad over 1200Kg. So it is always mover by internal combustion.

My pick-up has an aftermarket steel bumper with all the brackets for a winch, but no ball attachment facility.

So I made a new bracket that holds the rollers for the cable retrieval of the winch and a receiver to take the ball. All manufactured out of various angle sections. The pieces I cut out of the angle on the top and bottom was used to create the support on the side for the horizontal rollers. You can see for the "square tube" I used 2 angles to create a snug fit.

The rollers are some thick walled galvanised pipe that was lying in the shop with some washers welded to the sides and drilled out to accept the 16mm SS shafts.

So now I can just attach the ball to the front bumper and push the boat where ever I need it to go and I still have the full functionality of my winch.