[xwrench]

I just made another trailer hitch ornament for an actual paying customer. Woohoo, my first sale of a metal sculpture ever!
Cheers.
-Eldon

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[weldin mike 27]

I can see those in my future for the mother in law. Not as hitches. Which bit of the trailer hitch is it? The nut?

[xwrench]

Bolts in place of the ball when it's not being used. I guess one could use one of these to go all medieval on someone but being the civilized bunch we are, we would never consider such a thing...

Ah, who am I kidding? I think those types of thoughts every day lol
Cheers.
-Eldon

[weldin mike 27]

I'm with you now. I remember when you used to see a cut tennis ball on the ball to keep the grease on.

[xwrench]

I see guys with Chevy, Ford, and Mopar emblems and various other things on their receiver hitches and since I live in the desert, I thought "Why not cactus?"
Now I need to make El Chupacabra!
Cheers.
-Eldon

[weldin mike 27]

Why not. As long as you remember to take it off before dropping your tailgate.

[xwrench]

I measured on my dad's truck and it has just a hair over 9 inches between the open tailgate and the receiver hitch. The cactus I made him is 8.75 so it's close but doesn't hit. The one I just made is about a half inch shorter than the first.
Cheers
-Eldon

[weldin mike 27]

Good move. I think a lot of people over here dont check, because you see a lot of dented tail gates.

[nickn372]

Looks nice eldon. How did you make it? What was the base?

[xwrench]

It's just scrap tubing. I cut little pie wedges out of the arms then bent them to shape. The base is a 3/4 inch bolt with the head ground round to fit in the bottom. Then I welded the arms on and ran a lot of fairly cold stringer beads. The flange thing at the bottom in the photo is just some random bracket I stuck it in to hold it while I painted it.
Cheers.
-Eldon