Any passenger car is an excellent means for the movement and transportation of passengers. You can also carry goods, however, the design features of any car, besides a pickup, are not allowed to carry overall things or a large number of things. Exit for car enthusiasts - installation of an additional trunk on a car or application for trailer purposes. However, an additional trunk has not such a high load capacity as a trailer. To attach a trailer to the car, you need to have a special traction device - a hitch. About this further in the article.

PARKOP design principle

Farcops may have different technological performance, as different mounting points are used in different cars, but the principle of their design is constant: there is a trailed hook and a special fastening platform, with which this hook is attached by car.

How to make a car hitch with a trailer

The hitch with a trailer is quite simple. At the end of the hook there is a metal ball. According to the established standards, the traction coupling device may have any technological design, but the diameter of this ball in any case is one - 50 millimeters. This makes it possible to train various types of trailers - standard onboard trailers, loading platforms, trailers for shipping boats and so on. The trailer also has a special clamping device, which dresses on the ball, and then fixed by the shut-off mechanism.

Types of execution of Facts

There are factory and homemade headquarks. As a rule, homemade traction and coupling devices are found on old cars, since earlier the palls had no such distribution, because of which the manufacturers did not even provide for it to fasten points. As for the factory traction and coupling devices, they most often go along with the fastening platform, which is created specifically for specific cars, and their installation is simple, as special attachment points are provided under the head stick. Next, we will consider only the headquarters of the factory production.

Types of Facts for Load

The headquarters are manufactured with a variety of load-loaded indicators (that is, the maximum mass of the trailer, which is transported), and are designed to use with different cars by class, since the mass of the trailer that is transported should not be more than the weight of the machine itself.

In terms of load, there are three class of traction and coupling devices:

• Large (trailer weight - no more than 3,500 kilograms). These headquarters are designed for installation on minibuses and full-size framework SUVs.
• Medium (trailer weight - no more than 2500 kilograms in the loaded state). Such headquarters are more suitable for medium SUVs and crossovers.
• Small (mass trailer - no more than 1,500 kilograms). Parkopes of this class are great for passenger medium-sized cars.

Constructive features of Farcupov

A number of structural features of factory hooks should be distinguished. There are headquarters, the fastener platform, which is characterized by a bolted connection between components, or fully welded platform designs. The fastening of the platform to the car is always bolted.

Welded structures are more convenient, as the motorist remains only to monitor the fastening of this platform to the body. However, under the influence of time, the metal ages and the welds can be collapsed, which is why the further use of the pharg is impossible. Constructions having a bolted compound require systematic control over bolts, but even during the break of the bolt, it can be simply replaced and continue to use the device.

Hook mount options for fastening platform

1. Connecting connection - trailed hook is attached to the platform using locking devices. Extract and mounting a hook with a similar connection is made easily and quickly. There are several types of lockable devices.
2. Conditional connector connection - trailed hook is attached to the platform using a bolted connection. Reliable connection with the ability to remove the hook from the car, however, you will need keys.
3. In-block connection - the trailed hook is attached to the platform using welds. The most reliable and simple connection. Disadvantage - There is no ability to disconnect the hook.

How to choose a hopper

When choosing a headquard, a number of factors and constructive features of the vehicle should be considered. Initially, decide how often you will apply a hitch, because it can have an impact on the value of the trailer device. With frequent application, it is advisable to purchase a device that has an in-block connection of the hook - it is cheapest.

In an unclear, however, a long-term application of the device can be bought a pharg, having a conditionally detachable connection. You can disconnect the hook by unable. This device will cost a little more expensive. If the hitch is required for non-breaking applications, it is advisable to buy a device that has a detachable connection, although it is the most expensive.

Also when choosing, consider the mass of the machine itself. The mass of the trailer should not be equal to the mass of the vehicle and should not exceed it. Pick the hook, which is suitable for the car. For example, for frame off-roads, a trailer-trailer device may consist only of a fastening platform made in the form of a plate, which is fastened to the frame, and hook. For a car that has no frame, such a pork is simply not suitable.

Installing a headquard on a car

If the device is collapsible, with bolted connections, it should be collected before installing according to the instructions. Make sure the bolted connections are securely tightened. If the hook has a conditionally removable or removable design, not necessarily install it on the platform.

Before mounting the platform, clean the place from the mud where it will be installed. As a rule, the mounting holes in the machine have plugs that need to be deleted. After that, press the fastening platform to the connection points - the holes on the platform must match the fasteners in the car. In the coincided holes insert the bolts and tighten them.

After installing the fastening platform, connect the electrical connecting element of the headcom to the on-board network of the car. Then, in need, install the fastener hook. The final stage of work - checking the tightening of bolted connections. To prevent possible scratching bolts, screw on them another one nut.