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Sharpshooter82

Right gonna try and explain this so bear with me.
Don't know if there is such a thing but I'm looking for a way to connect a 9 hole bar to the towing eye of say a trailer so that it could be lifted by the arms. It has to be easily removed. Was thinking is there such a thing like an insert that goes into the eye and you can pass a bolt through it and onto the 9 hole bar.

bob charles

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Right gonna try and explain this so bear with me.
Don't know if there is such a thing but I'm looking for a way to connect a 9 hole bar to the towing eye of say a trailer so that it could be lifted by the arms. It has to be easily removed. Was thinking is there such a thing like an insert that goes into the eye and you can pass a bolt through it and onto the 9 hole bar.

a bolt on towing eye with the bolt going straight onto the bottom of it? im lost

dzer2

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Right gonna try and explain this so bear with me.
Don't know if there is such a thing but I'm looking for a way to connect a 9 hole bar to the towing eye of say a trailer so that it could be lifted by the arms. It has to be easily removed. Was thinking is there such a thing like an insert that goes into the eye and you can pass a bolt through it and onto the 9 hole bar.

Most tractors have pickup hitches

reilig

You're looking at a u bolt - but it wouldn't be the most stable arrangement.

Or else something that bolts to the towing eye allowing it to go over and under the 9 hole bar and receive a pin through it.

Sharpshooter82

bob charles wrote: »

a bolt on towing eye with the bolt going straight onto the bottom of it? im lost

it will all become clear for ya bob when i get what im looking for

bbam

I'm going to ask anyway. But could you not use the drawbar on the tractor?

I can't imagine anything to do what you want being secure or safe. What sort of load will be on the trailer?

Sharpshooter82

reilig wrote: »

You're looking at a u bolt - but it wouldn't be the most stable arrangement.

Or else something that bolts to the towing eye allowing it to go over and under the 9 hole bar and receive a pin through it.

yeah might have to make up something myself like that or weld a plate with a hole in it to the drawbar like the old muckspreaders to bolt the bar to

Sharpshooter82

bbam wrote: »

I'm going to ask anyway. But could you not use the drawbar on the tractor?

I can't imagine anything to do what you want being secure or safe. What sort of load will be on the trailer?

its not a trailer, its something im putting together but will have to work it of the hitch in the field but carry it on the lift arms on the road like a conditioner mower

onyerbikepat

http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/review-of-ez-mover-hitch.aspx#axzz2lknHHerF

bbam

onyerbikepat wrote: »

http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/review-of-ez-mover-hitch.aspx#axzz2lknHHerF

Very neat for light jobs.

Sharpshooter82

onyerbikepat wrote: »

http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/review-of-ez-mover-hitch.aspx#axzz2lknHHerF

cheers for that lad....food for thought

blue5000

Not sure what you're at s.shooter, but could you use a ballhitch that bolts on to the drawbar? If you bolt it to the 9 hole bar you need to weld a bit of plate on to the ends of the 9 hole bar to go under the lift arm to stop it rotating when you pull.

cuddlylad

i have to job for ya, the lads got it made up way before my time. hard to explain but i will take a pic later.

very rough drawing attached, bracket bolts onto 9 hole bar.

cuddlylad

cuddlylad wrote: »

i have to job for ya, the lads got it made up way before my time. hard to explain but i will take a pic later.

very rough drawing attached, bracket bolts onto 9 hole bar.

make the bracket as wide as it needs to for the draw bar of the trailer to fit in

Sharpshooter82

blue5000 wrote: »

Not sure what you're at s.shooter, but could you use a ballhitch that bolts on to the drawbar? If you bolt it to the 9 hole bar you need to weld a bit of plate on to the ends of the 9 hole bar to go under the lift arm to stop it rotating when you pull.

it shouldnt rotate if it was tight under the eye but thats a snag i didnt consider,
might just have to cut the towing eye off and weld in the end of a drawbar so that a 9 hole bar would slot into it

Sharpshooter82

cuddlylad wrote: »

i have to job for ya, the lads got it made up way before my time. hard to explain but i will take a pic later.

very rough drawing attached, bracket bolts onto 9 hole bar.

thats something close to what im thinking alright. Good man. might need an insert for the towing eye to just stop the eye banging around too much

Milton09

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

it shouldnt rotate if it was tight under the eye but thats a snag i didnt consider,
might just have to cut the towing eye off and weld in the end of a drawbar so that a 9 hole bar would slot into it

I think that's the best option, weld on a clevis hitch, that will suit the 9 hole bar best

Bizzum

I seem to remember towing a trailer off the 9 hole bar with a bolt-on ball. You think it'll rotate when ya hitch up to it but it can't. It jams itself. It wouldn't seem safe though. We had a set of light "arms" that went from the inside arm mounts out to the 9hb to stabilise it.
The lads drawing turf used have all sorts of contraptions on 9hb's for lifting and towing. I've seen plenty like the one in the link earlier.
Make sure it's safe no matter what you do!

Zr105

Would a clevis on whatever your pulling not get fouled up in the hitch in work unless you just had a straight bar,

Would it not be simpler to get 2 lengths of flat steel, of say 80mm*20mm drill a hole big enough for pin in the centre of each, then get 2 cat 2 pins weld them solid to each end of one bar, then weld the second bar on top of the pins so the 2 bars basically form a jaw? Thats whats used on the older ring rollers that folded vertically then had to be lifted at the front for the road

Attie

This bar seen lots of work.
Attie