Carrot paint applied and homemade trailer hitch installed. I even found a cap for the ball in my collection of old farm junk.

This Rilak alkyd enamel paint is pretty decent, although better sprayed than brushed. But even in summer weather it takes days to dry and weeks to fully cure through.

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Almost ready for testing. The critical part was a method of quickly attaching and removing the hitch.

I've changed from my original idea with the hooks a bit and made two welded bolt adapters that remain on the frame. The rod at the top gets seated in the grass collector bag arms, then is swung down for the tangs on the frame to meet the bolt adapters and secured with two wingnuts.

It's quite sturdy, I've stood on it to test 😁

As usual, all made from scrap metal found around the farm.

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Silly little details that take forever, but then who wants to leave the ends open for grass and dirt to get in.

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