3 PT DRAWBAR "HANDI HITCH"

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rico304

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I have a hitch similar to the handi hitch and I love it.

Mine has a 2" reese style reciever which I have multiple trailer ball sizes for as well as a clevis hitch and a hitch to move hay wagons.

The hitch probably clocks more tractor time than any other attachment maybee more than all others combined!!!

I plan to build a boom pole this winter once outside projects get frozen over till spring.
 
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I had a drawbar hitch made. Attached is a picture.

It's basically a drawbar between the 3ph arms that you buy at TSC. I just had some heavy metal straps (also available at TSC) bent to bolt to the sides of the drawbar and formed to make a point to attach the top "leg" of the 3ph.

By attaching another top "leg" on the same pin or an adjacent pin (I had two sets of holes done for the top attachment, because the other held the leg that goes back to the soil ripper that I attach to the drawbar), you can get the same effect as that boom pole thing, but without the stiffness, of course.

Ralph
 

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Ralphva, that looks pretty nice. You said you had it made for you? How much did the whole thing run you? It looks pretty slick and I like the green paint to match.

Rico304, I think it looks like a really cool attachment that would definitely get a lot of use around our place, it just seems a little pricey, maybe that is just me being cheap. But it does look very cool. If you end up getting it let us know how it works and post some pictures of what you end up using it for.
 
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Ralph,

I would really like to see how your soil ripper attaches to that drawbar or even better yet.....an action photo. That's a great idea!

Big Dad

RalphVa said:
I had a drawbar hitch made. Attached is a picture.

It's basically a drawbar between the 3ph arms that you buy at TSC. I just had some heavy metal straps (also available at TSC) bent to bolt to the sides of the drawbar and formed to make a point to attach the top "leg" of the 3ph.

By attaching another top "leg" on the same pin or an adjacent pin (I had two sets of holes done for the top attachment, because the other held the leg that goes back to the soil ripper that I attach to the drawbar), you can get the same effect as that boom pole thing, but without the stiffness, of course.

Ralph
 
 

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