Draw bar with pintle hitch for batwing?

[Builder]

Anyone know if they can be bought or are they custom made?
Need pintle hitch on back of M-7040 to pull batwing with lunete ring.

 

[crash325]

Anyone know if they can be bought or are they custom made?
Need pintle hitch on back of M-7040 to pull batwing with lunete ring.

Not 100% sure what you are asking.

But Pintle hitches are easy to buy, just costly. In the pictures of the Pintle and home made eye, about to be used on a sheep's foot. They are also made without the ball option, I think the cost a little less.

Look and you can see the 4 bolts that hold the actual hitch. Just make up a bracket to bolt it to and attaches to your draw bar.

 

[KB9UDE]

A larger AG tractor would probably have a pintle type hitch option. Our large Deere farm tractors have a clevis hitch for puling large implements.

See this page for an example.
Drawbar, high vertical load (10,000-lb capacity) Cat. 3 with clevis and 1.50-in. (38-mm) pin

 

[Builder]

I need one for a medium 70HP Kubota to tow a 5,000lb batwing.
All i have is the stock flat square drawbar.

 

[crazyal]

Can you blot something like this onto your drawbar?

Kubota Hammerstrap, Drawbar A-35450-89130 M7500 | eBay

 

[Builder]

Can you blot something like this onto your drawbar?

Kubota Hammerstrap, Drawbar A-35450-89130 M7500 | eBay

Yes, but I'd still need a ball/pintle combo bolted to it. The ball/pintle I have has a 4 bolt backing plate. Might be able to weld my drawbar to the back of it and strengthen it with gussets?

I like the JD one shown above, but thought it'd be nice to have ball/pintle combo just like on a dumptruck pintle plate apron.

I'm going to check with Kubota parts tomorrow.

 

[mooseracing]

I though I've seen somewhere where they make a bolt on 2" receiver tube for the draw bar. Then you can just throw in anything.

Or you could buy the 3 point trailer mover setup and throw in the pintle.

 

[crazyal]

Yes, but I'd still need a ball/pintle combo bolted to it. The ball/pintle I have has a 4 nolt backing plate. Might be able to weld my drawbar to the back of it and strengthen it with gussets?

I like the JD one shown above, but thought it'd be nice to have ball/pintle combo just like on a dumptruck pintle plate apron.

I'm going to check with Kubota parts tomorrow.

I was thinking all you needed was a pintle. That bracket bolts onto your draw bar so you can drop a 3/4" pin though the hole on that bracket, through your ring on your mower, and then through the Kubota drawbar.

Another option would be this:

TRAILER HITCH TRACTOR DRAWBAR THREE POINT KUBOTA NEW! r | eBay

 

[crash325]

Your draw bar should have several holes in it. Just drill 2 holes in the pintle mount and bolt it down. See Picture

Even though your implement weights 5,000 pounds, it will never take any where close to that to pull it. 2,- 1/2" bolts will be more than strong enough.

Unless you are going straight UP:laughing:

Also shown are the pintles on my trucks. One on the dump truck would lift a 747. The 2 on the flat bed not as strong. Lower one just bolts through square tubing. Top pintle is real heavy duty, but the mount area not reinforced.

 

[Rustyiron]

I have seen conversions for the Lunette Eye, I think at rental yards. If these are built heavy enough for the HEEAAVVY tongue wt. that gow's with the batwings, you would be able to stay with the std tractor drawbar. There is a place in PA called Weaver Dist. not sure if they have a www but they have lots of trailering stuff. (if you get Lancaster Farming they have an ad in there) If you go with something other than the factory drawbar, keep in mind that there is a dimension relating to the pto and the pin hole on your drawbar that you'll need to stick to.

 

[mdelmarcelle]

Couldn't you just use a heavy clevis. And perhaps bolt it to the drawbar using some washers to pick up the free play between the clevis and drawbar.

What does the attachment point on the batwing look like? Is it a ring or an articulating type that at straight pin fits through?

 

[DJ54]

Someone makes therm... Here's the patent for one.

Come to think of it, years ago our highway batwing mowers had pintle hitches on them. Factory made... And they were the swivel type, in case of roll over, the mower would not take you with it... Possibly the pintle hitch came with the mower. So maybe contact the mower mfg., or dealer, and see if they have them..??

 

[aczlan]

Yes, but I'd still need a ball/pintle combo bolted to it. The ball/pintle I have has a 4 nolt backing plate. Might be able to weld my drawbar to the back of it and strengthen it with gussets?

The "hammerstrap" linked to above, bolts to your existing flat drawbar (as seen in the section labeled "HEAVY-DUTY DRAWBAR" at: New Kubota M95S / M105S ROPS Utility Tractor at Novlan Brothers )
Then the lunette ring goes through that and is held in by the hitch pin.

Aaron Z

 

[radman1]

The "hammerstrap" linked to above, bolts to your existing flat drawbar (as seen in the section labeled "HEAVY-DUTY DRAWBAR" at: New Kubota M95S / M105S ROPS Utility Tractor at Novlan Brothers )
Then the lunette ring goes through that and is held in by the hitch pin.

Aaron Z

You are correct. The pics of the jd earlier show a hammerstrap. Call kubota and they may have one. You could fabricate you own. Many drawbars will have 2 holes in them to bolt on the hammerstrap.

 

[crash325]

I am a firm believer in :"Keeping Simple Things Simple". The draw bar on your tractor is strong enough to hold up and pull anything it is capable of pulling.

If you have the shank, bolt plate and hitch, drill 2 holes and bolt it on. Chances are holes are 1/2", (9/16" possible). Only thing you need to "Buy" are to bolts, 2 "Lock Nuts" and some washers.

No welding, nothing to reinforce or anything else needed.

 

[crazyal]

You are correct. The pics of the jd earlier show a hammerstrap. Call kubota and they may have one. You could fabricate you own. Many drawbars will have 2 holes in them to bolt on the hammerstrap.

The "hammerstrap" linked to above, bolts to your existing flat drawbar (as seen in the section labeled "HEAVY-DUTY DRAWBAR" at: New Kubota M95S / M105S ROPS Utility Tractor at Novlan Brothers )
Then the lunette ring goes through that and is held in by the hitch pin.

Aaron Z

That first link I posted to ebay was someone selling them for Kubota. There's several styles or sale.

 

[Builder]

That first link I posted to ebay was someone selling them for Kubota. There's several styles or sale.

Crazyal,

I think that will work if it's built heavy enough. Tongue weight is 1,900lbs. Mower weight is 5,200lbs.
I would rather have a ball/pintle combo, but that's a great start.

 

[Builder]

The "hammerstrap" linked to above, bolts to your existing flat drawbar (as seen in the section labeled "HEAVY-DUTY DRAWBAR" at: New Kubota M95S / M105S ROPS Utility Tractor at Novlan Brothers )
Then the lunette ring goes through that and is held in by the hitch pin.

Aaron Z

Aaron,

I'm headed over to parts today. I think that'll do it. Would like to have ball pintle combo in the future. I'm not sure what that Kubota hammerstrap hitch is rated for.

 

[Builder]

I am a firm believer in :"Keeping Simple Things Simple". The draw bar on your tractor is strong enough to hold up and pull anything it is capable of pulling.

If you have the shank, bolt plate and hitch, drill 2 holes and bolt it on. Chances are holes are 1/2", (9/16" possible). Only thing you need to "Buy" are to bolts, 2 "Lock Nuts" and some washers.

No welding, nothing to reinforce or anything else needed.

Might try that! I didn't think 2 1/2" bolts would be strong enough.

 

[crash325]

Might try that! I didn't think 2 1/2" bolts would be strong enough.

Look at one of my early pictures. 4, - 1/2" Bolts hold the hitch to the shank. Maybe grade 5 or above. The single pin that holds it in the receiver is only 5/8" and it was to pull a dump trailer with around 6 yards of soil in it.

Be nice to use bolts that match the hole size in your draw bar.

1900 Pounds of tongue weight does not sound right to me. Sure be nice to see a picture of this thing.