Quick Hitch and Drawbar

[WranglerX]

I also have cross/draw bar with sleeves fitted for my QH, only issue is drawbar wants to rotate in QH... I need to get or fabricate a stabilizer for draw bar....

Something similar to pic below...

Dale

 

[California]

I also have cross/draw bar with sleeves fitted for my QH, only issue is drawbar wants to rotate in QH... I need to get or fabricate a stabilizer for draw bar....

I don't think that stabilizer will reach around a qhitch so you need a custom solution.

Take a look at the left end of the crossbar in my second photo, above. I welded standard adapter sleeves to short straps. Then bolted both ends of the strap to the crossbar.

The weld bead and the strap engage with the top corners of the qhitch slot to prevent the crossbar from rotating. I've use this for several years now towing a 2600 lb watering trailer over rough, steep, disced ground, Nothing has deformed and I feel this solution is sufficient for that weight category. Heavier strap material could be used for a heavier trailer. And if the trailer will always be lighter, the strap alone would be sufficient with no need to weld the sleeves to the strap.

Nothing is welded to the crossbar so I could unbolt and slip my adapters off, if I need to.

 

[Fallon]

3pt trailer movers are handy, but can be dangerous. If a load ever ends up attached to a tractor above the axle things can be problematic. If the load snags, the tractor can drive out from under the hitch & flip over backwards. When going downhill & slowing down the trailer tongue can lift the 3pt hitch & roll the tractor.

Generally those issues aren't a problem on flat ground, at low speeds or with moderate loads. If you are going to be doing anything outside those bounds, you really should use the drawbar.

I use to use my 3pt trailer mover on my QH all the time shuffling trailers around. I use a ball in a hole on my pallet forks these days. Probably less stable than the 3pt, but more convenient.

 

[California]

Agree about the danger of a tractor going over backward if the trailer snags something. A friend told me that's how his father became disabled. He used a small crawler and discovered the trailer had locked brakes. The tractor looped backward inside its tracks. I don't think there's much difference if the hitch is below the axle in this case if the hitch stays intact.

And I've had the experience of bumping the 3-point control, causing my watering trailer to rise and make the tractor rear tires very light. I nearly jackknifed when I stopped at the first tree.


I added this ball for moving trailers around. There was already one on the top of the bucket of my other tractor, but it's too high to get under a parked trailer. This low ball allows good clearance from the bucket to the ground after it's raised.