3-Point Hitch 3 pt trailer hitch

KeithInSpace · Apr 22, 2010

I use something similar (though not as pretty) and have pulled both my 20' dovetail (~2,000# empty loaded with another ton+ of material within) and my 20' travel trailer (some 4,500+# wet and loaded) with my BX.

The travel trailer gives me more pause...not sure if it is so much different as it is much more massive and daunting to move than my low-to-the-ground utility trailer. I can't see around the sides and have to regularly get out of the seat to make sure I'm not backing into a tree or into my house.

I was in a situation the other day with my travel trailer where I was in a turn and the trailer was on a slope, pulling sideways on my hitch. The way everything was oriented, it felt for a moment like it could have pulled my whole tractor over sideways. I had my hand on the 3PH lever so I could drop it...I just went very slow and kept the tongue as low as possible until I got through the rough spot.

I didn't do it this time, but I've noticed that if I take a big, heavy scoop of clay or rock (as counterbalance) before I move my travel trailer, it seems to handle much better.

Otherwise, no worries. MUCH more maneuverable and MUCH less damaging to the yard than using a truck.

Bamacummins · Apr 23, 2010

clutchcargo said:
Thank you for the kind words gentlemen. It is nice to know that what we build at OMNI Mfg works well for our customers.

Rock, Propietor OMNI Mfg

Do you any safety chain setup to prevent hitch from rising due to low tongue weight?

KeithInSpace · Apr 23, 2010

Bamacummins said:
low tongue weight?

Don't know if you were directing that to OMNI or not...but for my part, I have never had a problem. Both my trailers have static structural tongue weights in the many-hundreds-of-pounds category. The utility trailer empty is a solid 300# and unless I load it in a dumb way, that weight only increases. The travel trailer is a solid 500#, but if I have a full tank of potable water and load the front indiscriminitely, that can easily swell to 1,000# and perhaps a few lbs more.

I have never, ever, once had the feeling that the tongue was rising on me.