milkman636
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- Joined
- Aug 15, 2010
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- Location
- Palm of the Right Hand
- Tractor
- Bobcat CT335 + John Deere 1023e (former owner of Kubota BX2370-1, John Deere 5210, and Ford 2000)
Since the BX replaced my lawn tractor, I wanted to use it to tow the same small 4x6 tilt trailer around that my lawn mower did. After putting a ball in the factory hole and trying it, I found that the lock for the trailer coupler would hit the stabilizer plate in the unlocked position and make uncoupling the trailer a two handed job. To simplify things I decided to try a bolt-on replacement.
After surfing around I decided to try one from Omni. Here it is:
The welds are not textbook quality, but hey the price is right, the paint matches, and its all done for me.
Installation reuses the factory bolts. It was simple, except only three of the four bolts dropped right in. The fourth hole, the one on the back left, looked to be about 1/8" off to the left. leaving everything loose, I got the tape measure out and determined that the gap from the edge of the hitch plate to the inside of the bends in the frame was about 1/8" smaller on the left too. So I stuck a bar into the hitch tube and put some right lean into it until the bolt dropped through. After snugging things up, I rechecked the gap and both sides were now measuring the same at right about 2". So I proceeded to torque everything down good.
After trying it out I will say it is a nice, easy, and inexpesive improvement to the BX. With the inverted drawbar the trailer rides close to level now, and there is a place to hook the safety chains now instead of just leaving them wrapped around the tongue.
After surfing around I decided to try one from Omni. Here it is:
The welds are not textbook quality, but hey the price is right, the paint matches, and its all done for me.
Installation reuses the factory bolts. It was simple, except only three of the four bolts dropped right in. The fourth hole, the one on the back left, looked to be about 1/8" off to the left. leaving everything loose, I got the tape measure out and determined that the gap from the edge of the hitch plate to the inside of the bends in the frame was about 1/8" smaller on the left too. So I stuck a bar into the hitch tube and put some right lean into it until the bolt dropped through. After snugging things up, I rechecked the gap and both sides were now measuring the same at right about 2". So I proceeded to torque everything down good.
After trying it out I will say it is a nice, easy, and inexpesive improvement to the BX. With the inverted drawbar the trailer rides close to level now, and there is a place to hook the safety chains now instead of just leaving them wrapped around the tongue.
