Craigslist purchase gone wrong, any ideas?

[Pushing_Tin]

Hi all, I recently purchased a used Gannon box blade locally on craigslist. The guy that owned it had a JD 2210, which is smaller than my 2320. I assumed (wrongly) that it would fit my 3 point with no problems. Well I tried to attach it today and the way the box glade is designed it will not attach to the lower two arms on my 3 point. The top attachment works fine.

The issue is that the little eye/bearing pieces that move around within the hole that the pin goes through stick out too much and do not allow the pins to go through. You can see in the pictures what I am talking about.

So to all the experts out there, what would you do in this case? I spent $350 on the blade so it's quite a bit of money already spent. The most logical thing to do is to have a welder come out to my house and remove and reinstall the hooks? I tried bending them out just a bit with my sledge hammer but then it changes the angle too much and the pins won't go in.

Please help! :thumbsup:

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

Hi all, I recently purchased a used Gannon box blade locally on craigslist. The guy that owned it had a JD 2210, which is smaller than my 2320. I assumed (wrongly) that it would fit my 3 point with no problems. Well I tried to attach it today and the way the box glade is designed it will not attach to the lower two arms on my 3 point. The top attachment works fine.

The issue is that the little eye/bearing pieces that move around within the hole that the pin goes through stick out too much and do not allow the pins to go through. You can see in the pictures what I am talking about.

So to all the experts out there, what would you do in this case? I spent $350 on the blade so it's quite a bit of money already spent. The most logical thing to do is to have a welder come out to my house and remove and reinstall the hooks? I tried bending them out just a bit with my sledge hammer but then it changes the angle too much and the pins won't go in.

Please help! :thumbsup:

I feel your pain. Having bought stuff, and found it didn't fit
Perhaps you could fabricate some sort of adapter, but it might be more expensive than having a welder remount it. Hey,its a great excuse to buy a welder now!

 

[Okiesprayguy]

New here to the tbn, but looks like you need these stabilizer pins that bolt onto the box blade. Should be available at tsc or similar ag store. Look about half way down the page.

Three Point Hitch Accessories - Quality Clevis Joint Parts & Components at Tractor Supply

 

[zerofloat]

If it was me I'd cut one of the tabs off each side and then weld it back on at the correct width. Might be less expensive if you took the box to the welder. If you were wanting a quick hitch anyway it might adapt as is. It might also work to put a bolt on pin in one tab each side but the tabs might bend in use.
HTH

 

[Pushing_Tin]

New here to the tbn, but looks like you need these stabilizer pins that bolt onto the box blade. Should be available at tsc or similar ag store. Look about half way down the page.

Three Point Hitch Accessories - Quality Clevis Joint Parts & Components at Tractor Supply

I see the pin there, but how exactly does that solve my problem? Sorry, I'm a dumbazz. :ashamed:

 

[Pushing_Tin]

If it was me I'd cut one of the tabs off each side and then weld it back on at the correct width. Might be less expensive if you took the box to the welder. If you were wanting a quick hitch anyway it might adapt as is. It might also work to put a bolt on pin in one tab each side but the tabs might bend in use.
HTH

Yeah, I think I can get it there, but I'd probably have to wait since there'd be no way to take it out and then put it back in unless there were at least 4 guys there to lift it.

 

[roamerr]

It will work as is if hooked up offset. Hook your arms up on the outside of the tabs -- do not try to go between them. It should work fine. If you had a 50hp tractor I would not do it but on the 2320 it will be fine. I run a KingKutter 7' yard rake on my Kubota BX that way and it works great.

 

[Okiesprayguy]

I was thinking what roamerr said. Stabilizer pin is pointed to the outside and the 3pt arm goes over it, if your arms swing out wide enough.

 

[Pushing_Tin]

It will work as is if hooked up offset. Hook your arms up on the outside of the tabs -- do not try to go between them. It should work fine. If you had a 50hp tractor I would not do it but on the 2320 it will be fine. I run a KingKutter 7' yard rake on my Kubota BX that way and it works great.

Hmmm okay, so I buy those pins and run them through and then the two lower arms attach to the outside of the tabs? Anybody have a picture of that?

Thanks a lot for all the help fellas!

 

[teg]

....I run a KingKutter 7' yard rake on my Kubota BX that way and it works great.

roamerr, you got photos so he can see what you are saying :thumbsup:

 

[dex3361]

You could use a pats quick hitch. I would cut the m off and weld them to ASAE standard dimensions in case you wanted to go to a quick hitch. I had to do this on almost all of my no name equipment.

 

[dfkrug]

I was thinking what roamerr said. Stabilizer pin is pointed to the outside and the 3pt arm goes over it, if your arms swing out wide enough.

Me, too. If the 3-pt arms hit the tires when mounted with the new pins
on the outside, they can be mounted on the inside (pointed inward) instead.

I had to do that for a smaller tractor before (CK20).

 

[Usta]

Maybe I just don't understand the problem, but can you just adjust the 3PH width with the turnbuckles?

 

[Pushing_Tin]

Maybe I just don't understand the problem, but can you just adjust the 3PH width with the turnbuckles?

That's not the problem, the problem is the that the width of the 3 pt arms themselves will not fit into the hitch on the blade. As you can see in the pictures the little eye bolt that moves around within the 3 point arm is too wide to allow the pin to go through.

 

[ihuntbear]

go to your tractor dealer and buy a pin thats threaded at one end and a clevis on the other end.Put the threaded end threw the hole and tighten.Then attach the blade and put the clevis in

 

[herringchoker]

I ran into that problem one time with a previous tractor and I can't remember what implement:confused2:. I took an angle grinder and ground down both sides of the TPH ball (it was on the top link in my case) so it fit between the tabs. No more problem.

 

[gwdixon]

I see the pin there, but how exactly does that solve my problem? Sorry, I'm a dumbazz. :ashamed:

The idea would be to run the threaded part of the new lift pin through ONE of the two clevis hook-up tabs that are too narrow. The nut will be between the two tabs.

By doing the same thing, in the same direction, to the other set of tabs then the tractor's lift arms should be able to be hooked up without having to adjust the width of the tractor's lift arms.

But you could install both of the lift pins to point outward if there is enough adjustment in the tractor's lift arms.

Myself, I would cut off one of the lift tabs and weld it back on to provide a wider gap. But that is me. It has also already been suggested but may not be an option depending on the cutting/welding equipment that you have.

The project is not a loss at all. Just some adjustments need to be made.

 

[jayste]

Ok. I found one that might work. This one shows the hitch up like you mentioned. You can reverse it for inside attachment.

 

[ninefinger]

Most of my implements have come from Craigslist and I learned quickly to measure well to accomadate my quick hitch. Just as a side note I would not have thought the lower arm balls would have been an issue but they are. Around here that would be a $30 fix if taken to the welder. You do not say how it got to your house. Do you not have the equipment to load and transport to a welder? I have gottten a good enough deal on implements that needed modification and either modified them myself or had it done, that is the situtation you are in. No real big deal here unless you do not have a FEL, boom pole or a trailer

 

[Robert F.]

That's not the problem, the problem is the that the width of the 3 pt arms themselves will not fit into the hitch on the blade. As you can see in the pictures the little eye bolt that moves around within the 3 point arm is too wide to allow the pin to go through.

As someone has suggested, you can grind the ball on your three point arm to make them narrower so that they fit between the mounting tabs on the box blade.
You can also buy some hitch pins like someone suggested. Something like these (Lower Link Pin, Category 1 Adjustable, 7/8 in. dia. - 0268420 | Tractor Supply Company)
You can install these in the inside tabs and have them both pointing toward the center of the blade, or install them both on the outside tab and have them both pointing toward the outside of the blade, or both on the right tab and have one pointing in and the other pointing out or the opposite of that, or in the left tab with one pointing in and the other out. This way, you would not be dealing with the issue of your tractor links being too wide.