Ball hitch for lawn tractor, need help...

[gzecc]

Here's the ticket! http://www.mowersdirect.com/Great-Day-LNPHH650/p3446.html

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Here's the ticket! http://www.mowersdirect.com/Great-Day-LNPHH650/p3446.html

I was looking at that......thanks....
My buddy made me a simple little plate, I got a ball at pep boys for 11.99. Didn't want to drive a half hour or wait 4 days to get to HF store, they had it for $6.84, now that's cheap.....
I will send pics tomorrow, it isn't pretty but it does the trick and it was free, I don't even have to waste 3 min changing things around, I still got the trailer hole freed up.... Thanks all for your help.....but I think BEERBELLY wins this one for the best answer..... Will send pics tomorrow, stay tuned........but really, thank you all...... No more lugging that sucker...

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

P.s. Where the hell has Dennis been? He ok?.....

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Simple piece of metal with three holes does the trick just fine, I don't even have to lift the front stand, it's a few inches off the ground, works like a charm.....thanks again all.....

 

[prezes13]

I did the same thing that brother Bart did.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I did the same thing that brother Bart did.View attachment 135272

That looks good too....

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I cut the threaded part off a ball hitch and welded it to the bracket that I have to attach for my bagger. Works great, and easy to convert back.

 

[velvetfoot]

I have a Harbor Freight 30 ton splitter that is a simple I beam with a trailer hitch mounted on that I beam; it's pretty heavy for me to lift up to vertical and I think too much weight for the weak metal on my lawn tractor-there doesn't seem to be any metal that won't bend back there, and I don't thing the lawn tractor body would take it either, for long. Anyway, I just have to haul it out to the end of the driveway, so my needs aren't that great. I took the stands off my Harbor Freight trailer dolly, hook that up to the splitter and tie the handle to the hitch hole with a rope. The angle is extreme, but it hasn't come off yet, and then I can use the dolly to move it into position. Ideally, it should be modified or a custom one fabricated so the angles are right, but I have no skills. I haven't found anything like that on the web, except for one student who did it as a welding project.

 

[Ashful]

I don't think u can go wrong with tree pointers idea seems pretty practical but I sometimes just look at quickest way to go. So $19 for hitchen post $16 for ball =$25 for a do all hitch sounds reasonable to me

No opinions / skin in this game... but I did pass 2nd grade arithmetic. :lol
19 + 16 = 35

 

[Big papa]

No opinions / skin in this game... but I did pass 2nd grade arithmetic. :lol
19 + 16 = 35

Hope I never see u post a mistake. I'm watching u lol

 

[Ashful]

Hope I never see u post a mistake. I'm watching u lol

Oh geez... I post so much mis-information here, you're going to get bored with that in no time flat!

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I have a Harbor Freight 30 ton splitter that is a simple I beam with a trailer hitch mounted on that I beam; it's pretty heavy for me to lift up to vertical and I think too much weight for the weak metal on my lawn tractor-there doesn't seem to be any metal that won't bend back there, and I don't thing the lawn tractor body would take it either, for long. Anyway, I just have to haul it out to the end of the driveway, so my needs aren't that great. I took the stands off my Harbor Freight trailer dolly, hook that up to the splitter and tie the handle to the hitch hole with a rope. The angle is extreme, but it hasn't come off yet, and then I can use the dolly to move it into position. Ideally, it should be modified or a custom one fabricated so the angles are right, but I have no skills. I haven't found anything like that on the web, except for one student who did it as a welding project.

Got a pic, would be great......

 

[velvetfoot]

Got a pic, would be great......

This is what I had read in the past:
http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=144834

 

[TreePointer]

Here are the Hitchin' Post pictures I promised. 35-ton Huskee is not perfectly level but it tows fine. You'll also notice that its hitch pin hole is only a little higher than the tractor's hitch pin hole. This means that carts and other towables designed for lawn tractors will remain fairly level.

If you decide to use this product, remember to get a ball with a shorter shank.

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[velvetfoot]

That tractor seems a lot beefier than the one I have. I tried that hitching post, I believe, but I returned it because it seemed to be bending the thin metal it was mounted on.

 

[Jags]

Many of the lighter stamped bodies can pull fine (think cart), but can't handle much for tongue weight. It can bend or start to fatigue the metal pretty quick. About the only solution to that is to add some beef to it.

ETA - keep in mind folks, if the back end connection is of light duty that should tell you that its towing capacity is light duty as well. Keep the loads reasonable. There are lots of the "shift on the fly" type transmissions out there that simply aren't designed to be a pulling tractor.

 

[TreePointer]

Our Husqvarna lawn tractor pictured above is a 2009 model, and regrettably, doesn't have the beefy rear plate plate our venerable Wheel Horse had.

When I was looking for a solution for mounting a 2" ball for the splitter, I came to the conclusion that a device which mounts in multiple points (many examples in this thread) would be better than simply mounting a ball directly or mounting one to a Hitchin' Post. I even came across a multi-point mount that had a lower part supported in the bend of the real plate and not at the hitch pin hole.

In the end, I decided to save some money and use that Hitchin' Post. When I tow the splitter with that tractor, it's only around the driveway and not more than 50 yards onto mowed lawn. Even though I haven't noticed any deformation or other issues, I am keeping an eye out for issues. Time will tell if that rear plate holds (fingers crossed).