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I was warned about the new-old trailer -- Toad told me that the hitch arm would probably break before anything else. So it was, but perhaps not how either he or I expected. The break occurred where a short piece of tube, is welded perpendicular to the hitch arm. This forms a T-bar, which fits into a frame tube, so as to keep the hitch arm from being able to pitch or yaw. It was the weld that broke. A "field" repair using six hose clamps should, I hope, hold well enough until I can make a long-term fix. This tells me that all the welds on this rusty old trailer are potentially suspect. Click on the animated image above to see a larger still.

Update on fixing the hitch arm ►