Box Scraper Massey Ferguson box blade hitch pins

miramadar · Sep 30, 2009

When I bought my Kioti CK27 back in the spring, I got the dealer to throw in a used 6ft Massey Ferguson box blade to seal the deal. To me, it's been an awesome implement. When I first got it, I noticed that the right 3pt hitch pin was bent maybe 15 degrees or something. The left side was straight. Well, the other day I was trying to break up some slate rock where I'm digging a foundation for my house. I was hitting the slate going backwards with the scarifiers. It didn't work...and I ended up bending the left hitch pin.

So, I now have 2 bent hitch pins and I'm seriously doubting that I'll be able to get the box blade loose from the 3pt hitch without completely unbolting the hitch pins.

Where would I go to buy new hitch pins? Or would it be a better idea to take them off and try to get them straightened back out?

bp fick · Sep 30, 2009

Pins are cheap. @ TSC or similar "farm store"

Better question might be why all this bending goin' on?

miramadar · Sep 30, 2009

Pins are cheap. @ TSC or similar "farm store"

Better question might be why all this bending goin' on?

Yeah, I hear ya. I think I was trying something that isn't in the job description for a box blade. I had the scarifiers turned around backwards and I was backing the blade into a slate rock bed in hopes of flaking a good portion of it up. The scarifiers didn't flake up much of anything and I heard a metallic popping sound, so I stopped. When I inspected the box blade, I found the bent left pin.

I don't know how the right pin got bent because it was bent before I got it. But I assume it was a similar action.

Opti-Mist · Sep 30, 2009

Yup, that'll do it.

deepNdirt · Sep 30, 2009

I think I have seen 2 sizes/lengths of these pins, your box may have the longer of the 2 causing the arms ball sockets to extend to the outer end of the pins and bending them while pushing backwards,

gpflepsen · Sep 30, 2009

I put a washer on the pins before the lynch-pin to keep the lift arms seated close to the hitch pin mount. One of my hitch pins is bent about 10 degrees from the previous owner and I don't want to bend it further.