I was thinking of making the hitch into a weight block. Using a car battery for weight. You could easily adapt that to mount the whip and then power it off that battery. My only issue is I think you will have to be careful with your mapping as he won’t know how long he is. So I can see issues when he turns. He might put the back rack into garage doors and vehicles etc.
The other issue to consider is when rear obstacle avoidance is enabled for the snow blower is will see that and the tow hitch as an obstacle. Could negatively impact it backing up. This was an issue with the mower and people who had the hitch installed.
I have not used to avoidance up to this point. Probably should but all that safety stuff cuts into productivity. ![]()
Can power be pulled from the battery via hardwire charging port? (Reverse thinking from jumping starting a car through the cigarette lighter)
There is currently no supported way to do this. There isn’t any exposed wire tap points and it could potentially impede the sensors or other monitoring for voltage differentials that the system is doing. If at some point they would make a third party accessories module for towing third party power actuated devices, this would be a way. But they said recently there are no current plans to do this. Best thing would be something self contained and charged via solar. Which what the author posted looks like it does.
That makes sense.
Maybe a couple of cores on security duty with flare guns. ![]()
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My sign saved me again today. After an Amazon delivery (using a huge Penske moving truck) made it up the driveway, they explained that they saw the sign and thought they read it wrong since they could see the snow blowing in the distance. But when they reached it and didn’t see a human there they waited for it. I got Yarbo out of the way and they were able to make the delivery without issue. They also said it was “adorable” and took photos on the way out ![]()