ebrabaek
Adventurer
Yep, just finished of a plate of burnt end brisket boudin, where all of the ingredients are cooked on the smoker!
I was just talking with one of the guys that I'm going to run High Water Mark with next weekend and he mentioned putting me in the back in case we have to turn around so I'll hopefully have more room to turn around. That got me to thinking about building a hitch I could extend out the back of the trailer that would allow the trailer to be towed backwards in case of emergency. I got a full joint of 2" square to mount my tire swing on, so I'm thinking about cutting a length off that, that will slide into the rear receiver and extend as far forwards a possible. I think it'll be about 4 feet before it reaches the tube the swing arms mount to, there I'll add a short section of tubing the 2" will slide into to keep it from bouncing around to much. With it slid all the way forward, I'll cut it off flush with the back of the trailer. If I get into a bind I can extend it out and bolt the ball hitch on to it. I can then set it on a 2" ball and pull it backwards.
After you mount the tire on the swing, one person can maneuver the trailer via lifting the front tounghe. So it will be easy to disconnect, flip the trailer 180 then set it aside ready to tow in the other direction.
What your proposing is off course doable, with some crazy negative tongue weights, but not necessary imho.
Are you only using 2x2 as frame material for the swing mount??
There are a lot of twist and torque on it.