Gale Hawkins
Super Star Member
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2009
- Messages
- 11,771
- Location
- Murray, KY
- Tractor
- 1948 Allis Chambers Model B 1976 265 MF / 1983 JD 310B Backhoe / 1966 Ford 3000 Diesel / 1980 3600 Diesel
Cool. Thanks for the photo.
Thanks for that. I had found them but their price of $AU350 PLUS shipping seems over the top compared to the US price for the same item. I believe in supporting local sellers but not when they charge double the price. Hopefully someone in the US might buy a pair for me and ship them. I'm happy to pay the reasonable costs involved.
I, like Dan Dargeloh, am not a very happy camper with Pat's product.
Pros: I like the stabilizer bar that I bought with the package. It sets the width very easily for hooking up. My rotary cutter was setting on two
4" blocks under one side. I was able to use the hitch to pick up the low side and attach the high side. Worked very well for me.
Cons: This is where my indigestion begins. As stated by Dan, the Gummy Bear bolts used to align and secure the hitch to the lower arm are worthless. I used my hitch for about two days and the alignment bolts as well as the u-bolts worked themselves loose (yes they were tight to begin with). The bolts had mushroomed severely on the ends. Like Dan, I was going to replace the Gummy Bears with Grade 8's, but while trying to remove them one wrung off in the hitch. Now I have a machining exercise that has to be performed. Poor engineering at the expense of profit.