Kickstand

[bubenberg]

where do i sent the royalties to? for better then a year i was procrastination to got to walmart to get trailer foldaway trailer stands at $39.00 a piece for my kubota attachments which all have a freedom hitch. what good is a hitch if you have to lift it up on a block, than you back up and the block falls down ... you must know that story. Great Invention ...THANKS

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Can't say off the top of my head what you'd want to retail at, but I can tell you a fellow here was selling 4 cheap casters and about 10 feet of angle iron for $129.95 a few years back for people to use to store their pickup truck snow plows. He sold a couple thousand before the Chinese started selling them thru Northern Hydraulics.
The trick would be to sell enough in a year or so before the Chinese replace you as the manufacturer. For less than $100- you can file a disclosure statement with the patent office, and that will discourage legitimate manufacturers from swiping your idea for 7 years.

 

[Inspector507]

Found this in my junk pile today......it's an adjustable support for a shelf/facade for retail shelving. I can use a square U-bolt around the horizontal support for the the back blade. I'll need to weld a foot on it and drill holes for a hitch pin or pins to keep it at the desired location. I can use the place that the set screw in the picture is at now. The longer leg slides up in the the other square tube. Lower the support for removal from the tractor, and raise the leg when attached to the tractor.

 

[JFarms]

Jim, your's look nice. I saw a stand by Freedom Hitch a while back that looks like Kodiak's to me. They probably make it adjustable since it's not custom made for one implement.

http://www.freedomhitch.com/index2.html
This link is a FH page, then you have to click on Models, Category I, Accessories and finally Adjustable Leg Stand. I think I was quoted $29 for it but never got it. Still using a wood tripod I built.

 

[Inspector507]

Take a look at what it looked like <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/5-194748-P9160023.JPG>Before</A> and look at it now. I welded a foot on it. Attached it with a 3'square U bolt. This is in the down position. The picture of it slid up in the 'travel' position didn't come out.

 

[Inspector507]

Although I do like Jim's idea better. It mounts at one of the lift pins, so it should fit a lot of attachments. but if you look at my Wallace blade, it wouldn't work too good I don't think.