nh1520
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Picture of my homemade 3 pt receiver hitch I made for my New Holland 1520. Its very heavy duty for my sized tractor. The frame is 3" x 3/8" mild steel (mooched) /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif. The bottom bar is 3/4" thick (mooched off my brother-in-law). The 6" receiver tube (weld on) is from Weaver distributing (great source for trailer equipment and nice folks too). The receiver back plates and bottom plates are the same 3" x 3/8" steel. The receiver tube is bolted with 5/8" Grade 5 bolts. I was going to weld it on - but wanted to be able to take it off and use the multiple holes in the bar - I can also take off the receiver tube and bolt it temporarily to the front bucket for trailer moving as well. I welded everything with 7018 rod (clean steel and 2 passes on everything @ 130 amps).
I used to use a simple triangle set-up with a ball bolted to the base for trailering - I don't see much advantage of this new hitch over the triangle - except being heavier duty and being able to remove the receiver tube. Plus I can always buy another 2" step down hitch and quick change them out when needing 1 7/8" or 2" balls depending on which trailer I'm tugging on.
Thanks for looking.
I used to use a simple triangle set-up with a ball bolted to the base for trailering - I don't see much advantage of this new hitch over the triangle - except being heavier duty and being able to remove the receiver tube. Plus I can always buy another 2" step down hitch and quick change them out when needing 1 7/8" or 2" balls depending on which trailer I'm tugging on.
Thanks for looking.