JB4310
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JB4310
1)
On your bucket hitch, when you hook up to a trailer does the front of
your bucket (CUTTING EDGE) hit your trailer or the jack on a trailer?
2) When you bolted in on the top, does your bolts come out on the inside of your bucket?
(on my bucket there is a hollow space on the inside of the bucket at the top, was just thinking about welding it on top)
Several years ago i put one on the inside of my bucket, i bolted it in
and when i don't need it i take it out. but when i go to hook up on any kind of a trailer it is hard too see, because it is down so low.
I make extension hitches, i have a slide in camper for a pickup truck
and pull a boat behind, if i didn't use the extension hitch the boat would hit the camper if i made a sharp turn.
(If i put the hitch on top of my bucket and use a extension hitch, do you think it would be better to hook up to a trailer)
1) The cutting edge doesn't hit any part of the trailer, on rough ground it may scrape the ground do to the hitch being high on top of the bucket, I have a small drop insert, a longer drop would be better.
2) Read my thread, I would probably weld it on a plate then weld the plate on now.
3) (If i put the hitch on top of my bucket and use a extension hitch, do you think it would be better to hook up to a trailer) Not sure.
I'm not sure what you plan on doing with yours, for me trailer jockeying is not the primary use, but it sure comes in handy, I do drive forward also as well as backwards, sharp angles will catch the trailer with the bucket sides. for serious trailer moving with the tractor, you can't beat the Flex Point or that EZ Mover modified horizontal draw bar.
Origanal thread, with more pictures.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ng/93535-bucket-buddy-instead-weld-hooks.html
Good Luck,
JB.