sldva00
Silver Member
Here's my version of a 3pt/FEL hitch.
To attach to the FEL, I used 3/8" plate welded to Chris Perry's FEL QA plates.
For the 3pt, I cut out plates from the 3/8" steel I have. The gussets for the lower arm pins were made by cutting a 2"-1/4" square tube at a 45 degree angle. The upper arm plates were reinforced with some 3/16" plates cut out from the 2 1/2" square tubing.
I'll paint later, as I have to rough up the surface. All the steel I had was covered with surface rust. I used a coarse sand wheel attached to my angle grinder to remove it, but the steel came out too smooth for paint to stick IMO.
To attach to the FEL, I used 3/8" plate welded to Chris Perry's FEL QA plates.
For the 3pt, I cut out plates from the 3/8" steel I have. The gussets for the lower arm pins were made by cutting a 2"-1/4" square tube at a 45 degree angle. The upper arm plates were reinforced with some 3/16" plates cut out from the 2 1/2" square tubing.
I'll paint later, as I have to rough up the surface. All the steel I had was covered with surface rust. I used a coarse sand wheel attached to my angle grinder to remove it, but the steel came out too smooth for paint to stick IMO.