grwoolf
Bronze Member
I was thinking about welding a receiver hitch on the back of my box blade. I use the box blade for ballast, so it is always on for loader work and it would be nice to have a tow ball on the back. I can't see any big problems with this, does anyone have any thoughts? I will reinforce the back of the box with some 3/8 plate and mount in the center. My box blade is about 500 pounds and I don't expect to put more than about 500 pounds of tonge weight on, just moving a 14' utility trailer around my property. My 3 pt capacity is about 1600 lbs 24" back, so I think this should be OK. This coud affect my ability to back blade, but I can't see this being much of an issue. I also understand the danger of negative tonge weight, I will use chains if there is a chance of this. Any other negatives I am not thinking of (before I make this somewhat permenant)?