3 point trailer hitch

[LouNY]

Every once in awhile we need a trailer hitch on a tractor, modified a quick hitch a few years ago for gooseneck trailers.
But this year I thinking about doing away with the old plow truck that I haul my driveway sander on only put 56 miles on the truck last year,
and the insurance to keep it licensed is a few hundred dollars so it ends up being $4 to $5 a mile for insurance.
So going to put the sander on a trailer and made a hitch to easily hook up most any trailer to the tractor.
It's built a bit heavier then it needs to be as even the loaded sander on the trailer will only be 3-4 tons max,
but it will also be used on a 16,000 bumper pull and a couple of goosenecks at 16,000#, plus we tend to have some prety heavy loads once in awhile.

The chains visible in the 3rd picture run down to a clevis pined to the drawbar,
the chains act as a high limit for the hitch going up.
That way a trailer that tries to jump up when loading or going down hill can't lift the hitch to high and damage the tractors.
The clevis is temporary I'm going to build a box to slid on the drawbar and pin on with a hitch pin with the chain going under the box and welded to it.
It's built heavy enough that it should take anything that gets hooked or chained to it.
It has a couple of chain hooks welded to the risers for safety chains or if I wish to hook to something to pull it,
or I'll just chain around the framework anywhere.

 

[Big Barn]

Great build and good idea using chains for the "high limit" feature.

 

[K5lwq]

Very nice build Lou!! I like that it has it's on stands so you don't have to man handle the hook up.

 

[workinonit]

I've actually been looking and deciding how I want to build one of these. I like your idea. Very nice piece.

 

[wheelbuilder]

That looks great ! I wish my welds looked half that good.

 

[ptsg]

Great job Lou! :thumbsup:

Nice touch on the safety chain to prevent it from pushing up. That's a small detail that often gets overlooked.

 

[LouNY]

Thanks all,
Yes I definitly wanted the chains to prevent from getting the lift arms shoved up into the cab, I have seen the damage that causes.
I'm going to build a box to slide onto the drawbar and pin on with the chain attached to that, when I git around to it. :laughing:
As far as my welds I've been welding for a lot of years.
Most of those are root passed with 1/8" 6011 and many are capped with 1/8" 7018AC,
all I'm using for a welder is a 40 year old Lincoln buzz box.
And the quality has gone down the last few years especially when I get twisted around and can't get my bi-focals to line up to see clearly.

 

[kydick]

them old buzz box welders just keep on hanging on. for all normal farming repairs they are just about as good as any i think. the new fancy welders may look better, they cost more, and do more things but what you want is a dependable weld and all the bells and whistles dont really help that much. by the way the 6011 1/8 rod is my main rod that i use.

 

[Tinhack]

LOL... I still have my old Craftsman buzz box. It'll turn 40 years old this Christmas. Lasted longer than the last wife.

 

[WranglerX]

That looks great ! I wish my welds looked half that good.

Practice, practice, practice....

Helped my welding a lot...

Dale