Anyone want a mult-hitch for their tractor?

[thinkxingu]

Hi All,
Got a request for another hitch, but I'm out. If I can get six people, my brother will buy the stock and make them. See pic, attached--have installed them on Craftsman and Cub Cadet lawn tractors, but can probably fit most anything with some spacers and a couple bolts. Post questions here; if you've got one, please post reactions.

If we get 6, will be $35 plus shipping. Couple bucks more if using PayPal.

S

 

[velvetfoot]

Count me in!

 

[Danno77]

I'm not trying to hijack, but I can't seem to find a hitch for my truck with enough drop to pull my little HF trailer. Is that something I could get made, too? (or does anybody know a good source for a BIG drop hitch?)

 

[Flatbedford]

I'm not trying to hijack, but I can't seem to find a hitch for my truck with enough drop to pull my little HF trailer. Is that something I could get made, too? (or does anybody know a good source for a BIG drop hitch?)

You did hijack and I am going with you. This site shows up to 12" Drop ball mounts for 2" receivers. http://www.hitchcorner.com/ball_mounts.htm#drop_down

End Hijack.

 

[velvetfoot]

Now both you guys have to buy one of these for your lawn tractors!

 

[Flatbedford]

Doesn't look like it would work on my '68 Cub 125. The back of my tractor doesn't look anything like that. If I thought it could work I probably would buy one.

 

[WhitePine]

I'm not trying to hijack, but I can't seem to find a hitch for my truck with enough drop to pull my little HF trailer. Is that something I could get made, too? (or does anybody know a good source for a BIG drop hitch?)

Back to the hijack. I bought a 10 inch drop at Tractor Supply some years ago. They may still carry them.

/hijack

 

[Danno77]

thanks guys. Reese makes an 11" and That link will cover the rest. Knew I'd get the help I needed here. Sorry to totally Hijack. Still thinking about one of these hitches, too. It would be nice when switching between the trailer and the wagon.

 

[Justin M]

Doesn't look like it would work on my '68 Cub 125. The back of my tractor doesn't look anything like that. If I thought it could work I probably would buy one.

X2 - I wish it would fit on my '64 Simplicity Landlord.

 

[Danno77]

I just noticed that my trailer and wagon are the same height, so if I had a hitch like this I'd be dragging the rear of the trailer on the ground.

 

[velvetfoot]

Bump. It looks like I'm gonna be dragging my splitter around some.

 

[velvetfoot]

I just ordered this ball, but it'll have to be switched every time I go from the splitter to the pintle hitched dump wagon.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_31835_31835
Not as elegant, for sure, and time-consuming, but a stop gap measure.

 

[velvetfoot]

I just did a little measuring: the ball I just got will be only 8" off the ground - very low.
This solution is much better!

 

[thinkxingu]

I got a second: CTWoodburner. There were three or four people in late summer, did all of y'all get something put together?

S

 

[velvetfoot]

Here's one thread:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/59317/

Here's another:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/54875/

And the one that started it, I think:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/55832/

 

[velvetfoot]

Don't do what I just did. I just pulled the splitter with the 140 lb. tongue weight around with ball mounted in the stock 5/8" hole. It bent down the stamped plate some. That whole area is weak and yet, is ulitmately the chassis that everything hangs off of. Shoulda spent more on a rugged garden tractor. That whole area needs reinforcing.

 

[thinkxingu]

I could've told you that! Because of the set-up, there's a lever-type issue with weight. Essentially, that's good for hauling around items with <10 pounds tongue weight. When we made ours, the test was whether or not it would hold my brother, who is just shy of 270#. It held, even with him jumping up and down on it. With a trailer connected!

S

 

[velvetfoot]

Yeah. But that whole area back there is thin on my rider. Even though most others are probably thin, from my survey at HD, this could be thinner.

 

[thinkxingu]

If you look at the picture, so's mine--it's less than 1/4 thick on the Craftsman--most of these are made by the same people anyway. But the design is such that all the weight is spread to the whole back plate in a vertical fashion.

 

[velvetfoot]

I'm thinking mine could use a reinforcing plate.

 

[thinkxingu]

LL's is the same as mine, too--maybe he'll weigh in here. Maybe you should take the pics and your tractor to your local welder.

S

 

[velvetfoot]

Yeah, you're prob. right.
I'd like to have the ability to tow around the splitter with the mower.

 

[velvetfoot]

I wonder if this would work:
http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/94/02/5178_1.JPG