3PH draw bar

[cokeman]

I picked this up from my dealer today. It's off a Curtis trailer hitch mount sand spreader. I want to use the TPH to adjust the height of my tow behind sweeper. It should work fine for that.

Dean

 

[cokeman]

Another picture

 

[dliston]

Can I ask what the $$ damage was? I'm in the market for something like that, too.

Doug

 

[cokeman]

I paid $200.00 Canadian which should be about $140.00 or so US. Thats not exactly cheap but It's the only one I could find. My Kubota dealer sells Curtis equipment also. That's who made it.

Dean

 

[theboman]

You can find these all day long on Ebay for about $100. I got mine shipped to me for $99 a couple years ago.

 

[StopherJ]

I bought a similar 3ph receiver from Bad River (www.badriverinc.com).

 

[cokeman]

I've seen them on Ebay also. To be honest I like the Bad River unit as well. The problem is I live on the wrong side of the border to shop American web sites. It's very frustrating.
By the time I convert the dollar, pay shipping, duties, and the brokerage fee it becomes cost prohibitive. UPS and FedEx charge a brokerage fee to put the package through customs on your behalf. I'm stuck buying locally or from Canadian web sites but the selection of products is limited.

Dean

 

[PineRidge]

While I do agree that your draw bar gizmo is a neat item there is a less expensive way to get the job done.

We use our tractor to move a trailer around our lot quite a bit and it seemed like the draw-bar was always in the way at other times when we really didn't need it.

Our solution was to weld a receiver tube to a draw-bar. The draw-bar and the hitch assembly can be removed when we don't need them. When we need to pull a trailer we insert a ball attachment, see picture.

It has worked well for us so far and you can bounce on the back of the trailer without the draw-bar moving up or down.

TC-40D SS web pictures click here

 

[Indydirtfarmer]

I have one very simular, only with another ball on the very top of the hitch, for moving my gooseneck trailer. VERY handy to have. You can back up to a trailer, raise the hitch, and move the trailer without cranking up the tongue jack. Looks like a nice piece of equipment you bought yourself! John

 

[cokeman]

Mike: That's a nice solution if you don't need to raise the trailer tonque. I want to be able to adjust my sweeper height with the 3PH so I went this route. Also my BX doesn't have a drawbar that sticks out between the 3PH. It has a plate with a 3/4 inch hole for a pin or ball. It's too low to hook up my landscspe trailer and my garden tractor attachments were really close to the lower links. I needed to raise the the pivot point and move it back from the 3PH .

Dean