my new tractor has to lift a gooseneck that has a tongue weight of 1,500 pounds. im afraid a ball screwed thru bucket lip or top cap would bend. im looking at modifing aq skid mount hitch plate with a receiver for my trailer ball...like shown. i may possible just add a beefed up receiver to a set of loader mount pallet forks. still havnt made up my mind
For those that have welded ball hitch receivers to their bucket, how much drop in the hitch is required to get low enough to connect to a trailer. I realize that depends on bucket depth and trailer tongue height but I' not seeing how one could get the ball low enough to connect.
You can use the receiver for chains, slings it is great
Also HF has stingers with hooks on end, cleaves for 15-17 bucks
This works wonderful
Looking at pictures of the buckets I would think it would work good to drill a hole in the side plate (vertical plate on ends of bucket) and put the pin through the hook and plate. No need for welding. should be strong. Just a thought while im sitting here procrastinating, what I should be doing is fixing the brakes on my car.
--------------------------------------------------------------------Yup, exactly. I could get under a tongue sitting on the ground if need be.
I think you are right on the outer hooks
I wonder if any hooks other than the center
One can bend your FEL. Because I have picked
Up on a fence post to pull it out of ground and
my hooks are in line with my arms and it pulled
My tractor down. But it did not bend my FEL. So
I think I will cut my hooks off and
Use my center receiver only. That would be one
Expensive fence post. I saved many yrs to get my tractor
I would hate to tweak it out on a numbskull thing like a
Fence post