3 pt Receiver Hitch attachment

[KenPrice]

I finally found the round tuit I've been looking for and built this piece. I've been engineering the design in the back recesses of the brain for the past year. Started last Friday night and finished afternoon of the next day. Now to clean and paint.

The tubing is receiver hitch outer tubing purchased from Pacific Recycling here in Boise. The lift pin brackets are 4" X 3/8" plate. The receiver tube was purchased and welded to the horizontal cross member. With gussets all around for the upright and the receiver tube, I think this will be more than sufficient to move my boat and the 16' trailer I use to haul my Kubota BX 24. The stinger was on sale at Harbor Freight, and with the 3 ball sizes and hook for $26.00, the picture is complete.

 

[JB4310]

Welcome to TBN.

Looks good, saved yourself some money, I bought one from Flex Point, forget how much but was not cheap.

Couple of suggestions before you paint it.

1) put some break away chain rings on the hitch side, I don't have them and wished I did.

2) You should have an attachment point on the front side towards tractor so you can have a limiter chain tied to the draw bar, preventing unwanted 3pt hitch over rise. I don't have that on mine and really need it. Since 3 pts don't have down pressure you can have trouble if you have negative tongue weight, for instance with my 5 ton dump trailer there is a great deal of upward pressure on the hitch when dumping heavy load before it all slides out.
also if you're going down hill and stop fast it could try and make the 3pt rise up and could possibly cause damage.

JB.

 

[KenPrice]

JB,

Thanks! I especially like the idea of the limiter chain, would have never thought of that. And it's good to hear from someone who's used one of these. I'd considered safety chain loops, but then decided not to include because my immediate use will be just moving two trailers around my 1.23 acre spread. But, I believe I'll take a lesson from your experience and add them now. I appreciate the feedback, that's what makes this forum so great.

Thanks again.

 

[framer]

Nice work Ken. Nice to know i am not the only one that over engineer projects
You could pull a tank with that.Nice welds what mig and wire size do you use? Framer

 

[Travelover]

Beautifully done! Now get to work on painting that drywall!

 

[KenPrice]

Ah yes the drywall... The ceiling isn't up yet either. The fella that built the shop went a little light on electrical outlets and lighting, so I'm in the process of adding additional 20 amp circuits, more lighting and modifying the light switch layout to fit my work style. Also had to upgrade the electrical service from 100 -> 200 amp.

The welder is a Millermatic 210, if I remember correctly, the wire is .30 ER70S. Shielding gas is whatever is standard for steel - 70/30 I think.

This was my first major project with this welder, and I was pleased with it's performance. Great penetration - I know because I forgot to turn on the gas (there's that **** old-timer's disease) with the first weld I did and I had to grind it out. It probably would have done fine, but didn't want to take the chance.

Next addition to this project is a platform on which I'll mount my sprayer tank and perhaps a spray boom set up.

Thanks again for the feedback!

 

[JB4310]

Yes I should have complimented the very high quality looking welds, and I see you installed the link pins facing inwards, that's a different approach than all the ones I've seen.

JB.

 

[Oldmax]

Here is one I made for my use. I use to pull post, pull logs, with forks, and to move trailers around.

 

[KenPrice]

JB,

Thanks for the compliment. When younger, I welded a lot - self taught on the farm, learned actual technique in HS Farm Shop. The Vo Ag instructure was a master welding teacher. Then did some non-certified structural welding as a laborer during college years - who knew there was a union scale for that???

This is my first welding effort in, oh, 35 years maybe? I did a lot of prep work on the joints before the weld, beveled, clean, square, did the alignment with magnetic clamps, tacked, removed the clamps and did the primary welds.

The width of the horizontal member is 26" - standard class 1 TPH width. The pins of course could go either way, I just faced them inwards to keep them out of the way so I don't catch a toe on one of them and add yet another lump bump and scar to this ole' bod.

Ken

 

[bowhunter543]

Here is one I made for my use. I use to pull post, pull logs, with forks, and to move trailers around.

I noticed the forks you have, are they made from 2 x 2 stock?