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I was going to buy a trailer hitch set up to go into my Hisun E1's receiver.  All I can find for sale are hitches with 1-1/4" and/or  2" square shafts.   The hole on the receiver on my E1 measures roughly 1-5/8" square.   I'm guessing it takes a 1-1/2" hitch.  Where on earth do you get a hitch that size?

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On 12/17/2020 at 12:55 PM, Cougsfan said:

I was going to buy a trailer hitch set up to go into my Hisun E1's receiver.  All I can find for sale are hitches with 1-1/4" and/or  2" square shafts.   The hole on the receiver on my E1 measures roughly 1-5/8" square.   I'm guessing it takes a 1-1/2" hitch.  Where on earth do you get a hitch that size?

I check on at a Hisun dealer and measured about 1 3/4. I need one that fits too.  What is wrong that we can't get an answer to this problem?                    

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I dunno.  It is kind of weird they would put on an odd non-standard receiver size like that.   I am thinking of fabricating one but have never gotten around to buying the material (if I can find it) to do that.

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Mine and some others  that bought one from the same dealer came with a 2 inch adapter that fits OVER the Hisun receiver. I think Hisun left that off your unit. Dealer should provide you that adapter. 

Hisun hitch.jpg

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On 1/31/2021 at 11:33 AM, Cougsfan said:

I dunno.  It is kind of weird they would put on an odd non-standard receiver size like that.   I am thinking of fabricating one but have never gotten around to buying the material (if I can find it) to do that.

They know it's wrong, but don't seem to care.  As vendors love to say, it is a "nominal" 1-1/4" square (nominal as in "That's what we call it.").

My Coleman Outfitter 400 (Hisun HS400) came with the same 1.713"square receiver as the OP's machine, however it also came with a 6" or so long, 1-1/4" "adapter"--problem was that the adapter 's inner dimensions were 1.245" x 1.24"--I.e. Without a hydraulic press and a torch there's no way a 1-1/4" draw bar would go in that hole. 

Anyway, I got an email announcing that a Coleman rep would be at the store (our local Tractor Supply) just before Christmas; and being a glutton for punishment made the trip into town to discuss this issue. I had quite a go-round with the  "factory rep";  he removed the "adapter" from a UT400  they had on display and using his "reference tool" (a well-worn retractable 16' steel tape) proceeded to show me how it was indeed 1-1/4" square inside. So I trotted my butt into the store, grabbed  a 1-1/4" draw bar off the rack, brought it out, gave it to him, and said "You mount the damned thing then!" He failed of course and then declared the draw bar "oversized"--again using his precision 16' tape.

Seeing this was going nowhere I retreated to my barn and attempted to use my 1/2" x 18" belt sander to hog out the adapter (It only needs 0.030" more I told myself)--well three 60 grit belts later I had managed to make it at least square (1.245" x 1.245") and decided to go with plan "B", got out a 6" disc grinder and bastardized a 1-1/4" draw bar to fit the adapter.

That worked; some photos;

plan "A", the adapter and my 1/2" x 18" belt sander:
Hitch-01.jpg

plan "B", the bastardized draw bar (not my finest work, but give me a break, I've got Parkinsons--my neurologist says it's a wonder I can do this sort of thing at all):
Hitch-04.jpg

mounted on the beast:
Hitch-03.jpg

This of course means that this is my draw bar unless I bastardize another, but it places a ball at 14" from the ground and  just took an hour or so grind down..

 

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That is absurd you had to go through all that hassle ,  Cliff

I bought my Hisun used so who ever owned it before never thought to provide the adapter.  Sounds like it may not have worked anyhow.    So I will keep on my list of things to make, and will do it as soon as I get done with the dozen or so items of higher priority for me to make.

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8 hours ago, Cougsfan said:

That is absurd you had to go through all that hassle ,  Cliff

I bought my Hisun used so who ever owned it before never thought to provide the adapter.  Sounds like it may not have worked anyhow.    So I will keep on my list of things to make, and will do it as soon as I get done with the dozen or so items of higher priority for me to make.

You should contact the previous owner and see if they have it cluttering up their garage--if you don't need a hitch it's just another thing to rattle, that's why I took it off.

Mine sat, covered with a rag, on a stool in the corner of my barn for nearly 3 months 'til I just recently (in part prompted by your post) got the ambition to do something with it...

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I’m glad I’m not crazy! I have a Coleman UTV and have been to Tractor Supply, Jax, ATv stores, Basspro explaining this and they all look at me like, ahhh little lady you must know what you are talking about. I explain I’ve been towing horseS, driving trucks, atvs, tractors my whole life and never seen anything but a 1 1/4 or 2, but this one isn’t either and they all think I’m crazy. I’ve spoke to Coleman twice, they keep telling me 1 1/4 like your experience. Thank god I found this thread! 

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3 hours ago, Keenan said:

Did this solution work? 

Yes, the etrailer adaptor worked out fine. I have a bunch of black boar implements that I’ve been using now that I have a 2” receiver. 

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