Home-made attachments...

[TnAndy]

Two homemade items here.

1st is a 3pt receiver hitch....simply a copy of one sold commercially. Quite useful to move anything in the way of a trailer/etc.

2nd is a something I did come up with to roll off field fence wire. Piece of 2" square tubing (to go in the the receiver hitch hole ), then a piece of flat plate , and a 3' piece of 2" pipe welded at a 90 to the plate to act as a "toilet paper holder" for the roll of wire.

To load a roll, I remove the top link of the blue hitch, and raise the lift arms as high as they will go, this puts the 2" pipe about 15 degree angle from the ground, slide the roll on, and tilt it forward, reattach the top link pin.

Worth building if you have a lot of field wire to install. I attach the start of the roll to a post, and simply drive down the line of posts. Throw a crow bar or piece of 3/4 pipe in the roll at some point to keep it from turning, and use the tractor to tension the wire ( very gently ! )

Later modification was a piece of 3/4" plywood on top the metal plate at the base of the roll..the roll would hang on those square corners of the metal plate, so I cut the plywood in about a 24" circle and screwed it to the plate. Solved that problem.

 

[ferrari99]

Two homemade items here.

1st is a 3pt receiver hitch....simply a copy of one sold commercially. Quite useful to move anything in the way of a trailer/etc.

2nd is a something I did come up with to roll off field fence wire. Piece of 2" square tubing (to go in the the receiver hitch hole ), then a piece of flat plate , and a 3' piece of 2" pipe welded at a 90 to the plate to act as a "toilet paper holder" for the roll of wire.

To load a roll, I remove the top link of the blue hitch, and raise the lift arms as high as they will go, this puts the 2" pipe about 15 degree angle from the ground, slide the roll on, and tilt it forward, reattach the top link pin.

Worth building if you have a lot of field wire to install. I attach the start of the roll to a post, and simply drive down the line of posts. Throw a crow bar or piece of 3/4 pipe in the roll at some point to keep it from turning, and use the tractor to tension the wire ( very gently ! )

Later modification was a piece of 3/4" plywood on top the metal plate at the base of the roll..the roll would hang on those square corners of the metal plate, so I cut the plywood in about a 24" circle and screwed it to the plate. Solved that problem.

Very smart idea thanks for sharing.

 

[Daver1963]

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Just finished a modification of the above rake. I made my own 3 pt hitch and added more tines. Now I have to wait for the ground to dry before I can use it. This is strictly for pine needles around my house. No rocks and no roots, hopefully.

 

[rasorbackq]

Very smart idea thanks for sharing.

I was going to build one exactly the same but I thought it would need a top holder to pull off better. If yours works I will build that instead since I have the 3 pt Hitch built to move trailers.

 

[rasorbackq]

Two homemade items here.

1st is a 3pt receiver hitch....simply a copy of one sold commercially. Quite useful to move anything in the way of a trailer/etc.

2nd is a something I did come up with to roll off field fence wire. Piece of 2" square tubing (to go in the the receiver hitch hole ), then a piece of flat plate , and a 3' piece of 2" pipe welded at a 90 to the plate to act as a "toilet paper holder" for the roll of wire.

To load a roll, I remove the top link of the blue hitch, and raise the lift arms as high as they will go, this puts the 2" pipe about 15 degree angle from the ground, slide the roll on, and tilt it forward, reattach the top link pin.

Worth building if you have a lot of field wire to install. I attach the start of the roll to a post, and simply drive down the line of posts. Throw a crow bar or piece of 3/4 pipe in the roll at some point to keep it from turning, and use the tractor to tension the wire ( very gently ! )

Later modification was a piece of 3/4" plywood on top the metal plate at the base of the roll..the roll would hang on those square corners of the metal plate, so I cut the plywood in about a 24" circle and screwed it to the plate. Solved that problem.

I was going to build one exactly the same but I thought it would need a top holder to pull off better. If yours works I will build that instead since I have the 3 pt Hitch built to move trailers.

 

[TnAndy]

Just remember....make the small plate on the bottom a lot bigger, and round.....the square corners catch the wire at it unrolls.

 

[rasorbackq]

Why does it stick out so far from the hitch?

 

[TnAndy]

Because that's the way I made it.

 

[ovrszd]

Because that's the way I made it.

Legitimate question, Perfect answer!!!

 

[chopped]

To acomidate a larger roll? Or he wants to do some wheelies..
wheelies are fun not matter your age. I still love em

Why does it stick out so far from the hitch?