frogpond
Silver Member
I have the Titan clamp-on receiver. It's pretty cheap, but solid. I had to do a couple of small mods to make it stop swiveling from side to side.
I have a Piranha toothbar on the bucket. It has little ridges on top every 8 inches or so. I welded a piece of 3/8" threaded rod sideways into the throat of the receiver so that it almost bumps into the two adjoining ridges, then fine-tuned the fit with a locknut on each end. That solved the swiveling problem. I also welded a piece of bar stock onto the top of the lower jaw, opposite the clamp, because the space between the jaws was much bigger than the thickness of the bucket floor.
It goes on and off easily, and works reliably to tow or push my utility trailer or my standalone chipper (about 500 lbs.).
I can think of other ways to stifle the tendency to swivel, depending on what your bucket edge looks like.
I have a Piranha toothbar on the bucket. It has little ridges on top every 8 inches or so. I welded a piece of 3/8" threaded rod sideways into the throat of the receiver so that it almost bumps into the two adjoining ridges, then fine-tuned the fit with a locknut on each end. That solved the swiveling problem. I also welded a piece of bar stock onto the top of the lower jaw, opposite the clamp, because the space between the jaws was much bigger than the thickness of the bucket floor.
It goes on and off easily, and works reliably to tow or push my utility trailer or my standalone chipper (about 500 lbs.).
I can think of other ways to stifle the tendency to swivel, depending on what your bucket edge looks like.