Any ideas how to bend back the headstock hook on this Manitou? Was moving a trailer and got caught. Is using heat going to weaken the metal too much?
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Do it right and they wont bendits knackered, cut it off and profile cut a new piece. Cherry products have the pattern for the inner plate which is twice the thickness of the original, so you could buy that weld it on then cut a piece to fill in the outer part of the hook.
and in future do no move trailers with the hooks ever as this always happens.
Do it right and they wont bend
Leave the hook horizontal, dont put it right in the eye
That will heat and straighten.
I thought the hook on the back of a manitou was for moving trailers...the thing that looks remarkably like a hitchDo it right and they wont bend
Leave the hook horizontal, dont put it right in the eye
That will heat and straighten.
If you have oneI thought the hook on the back of a manitou was for moving trailers...the thing that looks remarkably like a hitch
Been there got the t-shirt with a matbro headstock. Fine if you don’t crowd it back...until you do. Vowed to never do it again with any headstock. Rather go find a chainIf you have one
Front hooks are great for maneuvring trailers etc in tight corners
I’ve got some biggish D shackles that I put through the towing eye and pick it up on the lower locking pin on a Q fit headstock, think it would work on manitou headstock as well since it locks in to another plateBeen there got the t-shirt with a matbro headstock. Fine if you don’t crowd it back...until you do. Vowed to never do it again with any headstock. Rather go find a chain
That means getting off the seat!!!!I’ve got some biggish D shackles that I put through the towing eye and pick it up on the lower locking pin on a Q fit headstock, think it would work on manitou headstock as well since it locks in to another plate
I thought the hook on the back of a manitou was for moving trailers...the thing that looks remarkably like a hitch
With heatJust wedge it back in the trailer hook and straighten it again gently with somebody watching and waving there arms around like a blind goose directing you
If he bends it with heat it’ll bend 5 times easier in future, theres no reason it needs heat to be bent back, it ain’t being bent back that far that it’s going to crackWith heat
It will never bend again if trailers are lifted correctlyIf he bends it with heat it’ll bend 5 times easier in future, theres no reason it needs heat to be bent back, it ain’t being bent back that far that it’s going to crack
Bent it back using a lifting eye on a shipping container. Slightly cracked and wonky, thinking of welding some steel to strengthen it View attachment 1033602View attachment 1033603