Just ordered this nice 3 point receiver hitch

[caver]

Thanks for the tip. I was shopping for one of these last month and talked myself out of it. It is a good price with free shipping. Order placed for an orange one for the Kioti. :thumbsup:

 

[hydro2]

I was worried about having uncontrolled rise with my dump trailer but dumped five ton of coal this summer several times without issue. Perhaps I was just lucky.

 

[shortthrow50]

The break away chain part is simple, maybe not necessary if you're just towing around your level yard.

But the uncontrolled 3 pt rise can happen like Piston mentioned with a dump trailer, when you tilt the bed to dump, before the load slides out it puts a substantial (with my 5 ton dump it's pretty extreme) upward force on the tongue. That would allow the 3 pt arms to rise out of control, I'm not sure what damage if any that would do, but it is undesirable to have that kind of uncontrollable movement.

That same negative tongue weight or upwards force can also occur with any type trailer, while braking down hill or backing up hill, even with an otherwise well balanced load in the trailer.

I don't know why the manufacturers of these hitches don't warn of and provide an attachment point for a limiter chain.
I recently saw one advertised, with weight brackets and colors available, also a rolling stand to store it on with the suitcase weights and all, all the bells and whistles. But no break away chain loops or limiter chain option.

So I wrote them a nice email complimenting them on their product line but strongly recommended they incorporate the aforementioned attachment points.
never heard back from them so I don't know if they appreciated that critique or not.

JB

never thought about that! Thank you sir for the info and awesome pictures!! Looks like i will be welding a hook on the back like you did

 

[Iowachild]

Here is the one I built from a $20 hitch from the scrap yard, it was from a Dodge truck, a $6 weld-on grab and scraps I had laying around the garage.

 

[JB4310]

I was worried about having uncontrolled rise with my dump trailer but dumped five ton of coal this summer several times without issue. Perhaps I was just lucky.

The coal is loose and would start to slide out as soon as you started to tilt, but look how the dirt gets hung up, you can see where the weight is, well behind the axles. Also happens when I pack brush and yard debris, I load it high and heavy, and it wont start to slide til it's almost straight up. I see the pintle ring come up hard in the hitch when I'm at the dump with the truck.

Zoom in on the first picture, at the pintle hitch, you can see it's pushing up there.

JB

 

[hydro2]

Yes you are probably right. Dirt hangs tight in there sometimes.

 

[JB4310]

Yes you are probably right. Dirt hangs tight in there sometimes.

I just added a couple more pics to the previous post.

JB

 

[clee4020]

Here's mine that I built, mostly from what I had laying around.

 

[kevinwak]

To bad she won't ship to Canada.

 

[shortthrow50]

Well it just arrived today. 5 days was pretty quick shipping for this imo. Came packaged VERY nicely. Welds look really good. All the steel is about 3/16. Pretty dam solid unit. Im very happy with the quality and the price! Heres some pics

And a picture where ill be parking my tractor when it comes in a couple weeks