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My Wifes Way Of Hitching !!!


To avoid any damage to our vehicle if the wife has to hitch up she uses a cheap plastic chopping board she got from a cheap shop and got me to cut it into a T shape.

She then slides it into the gap between the tow ball and bracket.

Making sure the jockey wheel is wound up higher than the level of the tow ball then she starts to reverse the vehicle and when hitch taps the board she knows she has gone back enough.

She devised this method in case of a emergency .



-- Edited by herbie on Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:17:15 PM

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any pics?
I reckon that would be useful

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Sounds brilliant.

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What a good idea... good one Mrs herbie!

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Rip and Rosie wrote:

any pics?
I reckon that would be useful


 Me also, trying to imagine it, but pic would help with T piece set into the bracket.



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herbie wrote:

To avoid any damage to our vehicle if the wife has to hitch up she uses a cheap plastic chopping board she got from a cheap shop and got me to cut it into a T shape.

She then slides it into the gap between the tow ball and bracket.

Making sure the jockey wheel is wound up higher than the level of the tow ball then she starts to reverse the vehicle and when hitch taps the board she knows she has gone back enough.

She devised this method in case of a emergency .

Gee Herbie,Can we buy  wives like yours at Bunnings.Lol.wink

-- Edited by herbie on Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:17:15 PM


 



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Ibbo, they sell these self reliant woman via e-bay...No no no  just joking there.

She is very self reliant has drove the 4x4Be towing van from Perth to Darwin to meet up with me re work.

She not once stayed at a caravan park just pulled into over night stops ...she told me it was because in some of the parks the space to camp were created for smaller vans than what most of us own today.

Some times I do think she would be happy to have a HIS and Her set up...

She also drives across to Perth  from Qld on her own to see daughter and camps in the back of the 4x4be all the way, uses truck stops and other places to get a hot shower from. She has the best list of public hot showers in Aus I would recon.

Her and another of her friends are just about to launch a web page regarding all the hot showers in Aus .(low cost and free )

 



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Would love to see that list Herbie.



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I need a visual aid Herbie.

A picture in fact. biggrin



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I cannot up load photos ,as I am using my ipad as I am still away from home base.

It is just a cheap plastic chopping board,,,,then draw the whole board with a T shape ,then cut out the shape and you will have the letter T .left.

 



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herbie wrote:

I cannot up load photos ,as I am using my ipad as I am still away from home base.

It is just a cheap plastic chopping board,,,,then draw the whole board with a T shape ,then cut out the shape and you will have the letter T .left.

 


 How does she put it to use? Would like to see it on place if you can.



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herbie wrote:

I cannot up load photos ,as I am using my ipad as I am still away from home base.

It is just a cheap plastic chopping board,,,,then draw the whole board with a T shape ,then cut out the shape and you will have the letter T .left. 


 Not too sure what you mean by put it in the bracket Herbie, could you explain that part please (what bracket?) confuse



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herbie wrote:

I cannot up load photos ,as I am using my ipad as I am still away from home base.

It is just a cheap plastic chopping board,,,,then draw the whole board with a T shape ,then cut out the shape and you will have the letter T .left. 


 Not too sure what you mean by put it in the bracket Herbie, could you explain that part please (what bracket?) confuse


 I'm glad it's not just me. confuse



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Just reading this great tip. Sounds like a super cheap version of the couplematevdevice. See link to get the idea of where it fits & would look like ( I imagine it's very similar)
www.couplemate.com.au/index.html

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Gday...

Hey Herbie ... I am still intrigued in this idea of your good lady - any chance of a photo or two so we know what it looks like?

cheers - John



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herbie wrote:

Ibbo, they sell these self reliant woman via e-bay...No no no  just joking there.

She is very self reliant has drove the 4x4Be towing van from Perth to Darwin to meet up with me re work.

She not once stayed at a caravan park just pulled into over night stops ...she told me it was because in some of the parks the space to camp were created for smaller vans than what most of us own today.

Some times I do think she would be happy to have a HIS and Her set up...

She also drives across to Perth  from Qld on her own to see daughter and camps in the back of the 4x4be all the way, uses truck stops and other places to get a hot shower from. She has the best list of public hot showers in Aus I would recon.

Her and another of her friends are just about to launch a web page regarding all the hot showers in Aus .(low cost and free )

 


 I'll wait to see her list, and then maybe I'll pinch some and perhaps add a few of my own.

Girl power!  Just love it!

We can be handy sometimes for other than the obvious.

Sometimes I feel like a donut.  Something round and sweet with a hole in the middle.  What else should I think when a bloke shows any interest?

By the way, when you feel like eating a donut, think of the waist and just buy the hole.



-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Sunday 29th of September 2013 12:25:39 AM

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Gday...

Hey Herbie ... I am still intrigued in this idea of your good lady - any chance of a photo or two so we know what it looks like?

cheers - John

 



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Gday...

Hey Herbie ... I am still intrigued in this idea of your good lady - any chance of a photo or two so we know what it looks like?

cheers - John


 



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Gday...

yelling.jpg  Hey Herbie ... I am still intrigued in this idea of your good lady - any chance of a photo or two so we know what it looks like?

cheers - John


 

 



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