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10-16-2011, 11:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
Posts: 84
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New Hitch
I got tired of not being able to pull my trailor around in the yard so this is what I came up with. I made it high enouph to still be able to use my yard cart like normal, as normal as I am at least. Its nice to have two tractors to do this with now. Just some 2"x 3/16" flat stock, some 1"x5/16" flat stock and a 2" hitch. I had to make a couple bends on the left side because of brackets. I used a inexpencive Harbor Frieght flux core welder (better than nothing) to put it together. I tried it out with a empty trailor and it worked great. I might also use it to hang some weight off of for winter plowing.
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11-12-2011, 08:40 PM
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Fox River Dells
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Sheridan, IL
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Fine looking addition. Bet it's useful as well. But that was what you were after.
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11-12-2011, 09:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: , ( The ROCK )Newfoundland Canada
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Nice fit and finish work there, CRussel! By the way, what size and make tractor do you have there? 
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11-13-2011, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lebanon, NH
Posts: 1,429
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Nice work..better than factor. 
Just make bumper setup type when tow ball not in use.
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11-14-2011, 08:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for the comments. It has come in very handy seeing how my Cub 1250 has been down with tire issues.
Bulldog, the tractor is a Simplicity Soveriegn 18hp. It is a hydro with power lift.
Thomas, great minds think alike. A bumper is on my list of things to do.
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11-22-2011, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: waupaca, wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BelarusBulldog
Nice fit and finish work there, CRussel!
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Fully agree! Very nice work.
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12-08-2011, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
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Ok guys, time to build the bumper (just one of my many projects). My question for you all is; should I go skinny and keep it in between the tires or go wide and make it just short of the width of the rear tires? I am going to make it out of 2" by 1/2" flat stock. I'm kinda thinking skinny so if I hit something hard enouph I wont push the bumper into the tire. What do you all think? Thank you in advance.
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12-08-2011, 11:35 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hoodoo Valley, Idaho
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Protect those tires man..... Go wide! You can always cut it down later, in place on the tractor if you don't like it. 
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12-09-2011, 05:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lebanon, NH
Posts: 1,429
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Agree protect the tires even half of each tire.
Rongs,hooks,extra dill holes looking forward to out come.
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01-15-2012, 07:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
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Protect the tires it is. I haven't had much time to get back to this little project but I have made a weight hanger using a receiver and a piece of a weight bar. It can hold 225lb. of cast iron weights. As for my bumper I need to round the ends and do a little more welding. Pictures coming soon.
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01-15-2012, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: , ( The ROCK )Newfoundland Canada
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Looking forward to the pictures.
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03-17-2012, 05:07 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: grantsville, maryland
Posts: 3
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Bumper & Weight Bracket
This is a bumper & weight bracket tha I made for my Deutz-Allis.
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03-17-2012, 08:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: , ( The ROCK )Newfoundland Canada
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Looks good there, redmule. Could you please post a couple of pictures for us, showing how it's mounted to the tractor? Also, I'm wondering what you tow that would require you to have all that weight in the front.
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03-17-2012, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 15
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This is a nice hitch as it gets very annoying not to be able to tow normal trailers, normaly u have to use a pin and you dont find many big good trailers with a pin!  i was wondering can you post a photo of it towing a trailer? and what size trailer is it?
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04-11-2012, 10:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
Posts: 84
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Hi everyone, haven't had much computer time, but I have had some tractor time. I have been trying to clean up my backyard after losing my truck. this brings me to a picture of some of the stuff I use my hitch for. This is the most I have done with my Simplicty, but my Cub Cadet has seen as much as 1400lb of rolling weight behind it. I think this is about 1100lb maybe. It is the front half of my S-10 with the motor and trans on it and all of the front suspension. I have had lots of help from my nephew taking apart the truck, with out him it would be a big pile in the driveway still. The trailer is just a 4'6" X 8' I made back in 2000. Still working on the back bumper for the tractor, been kinda side-tracked after the accident.
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04-12-2012, 05:15 PM
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VETERAN...AND PROUD!
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Posts: 1,092
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How are you felling,now CRussell? Have you been able to get a replacement truck,yet?
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04-18-2012, 10:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
Posts: 84
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Getting better everyday. I picked up a '97 Chevy Blazer that needs a motor, now I just have to find one. Not as easy as I thought because I need an engine from a '96, '97 or a '98. The '99 and on is different. I will keep you all posted, and one day finish the darned bumper. lol
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