Ball Hitch for K B7800

[logan97]

what type of apparatus would I need to put a 2" ball on back of my B7800 I would like to move a small trailer approx 500# I also have a 16' tandem axle flat bed approx 1800# just need to position trailers.

 

[radioman]

you could go to ebay and get one of the ready made hitches. Or you could make one like I did.

 

[ovrszd]

I don't have a picture but I made a 3pt tree grubber to remove Eastern Red Cedar trees in my timber. While I was at it I put a 2" receiver tube in the middle of it. When it's not doing grubber duty I pin in a receiver with a 2" ball. Works awesome to move trailers around.

You can also buy a drawbar for your 3pt and a pair of drawbar brackets to keep it from rolling and put a ball in it.

 

[logan97]

what size and weight trailer and is this with your small or large tractor?

I don't have a picture but I made a 3pt tree grubber to remove Eastern Red Cedar trees in my timber. While I was at it I put a 2" receiver tube in the middle of it. When it's not doing grubber duty I pin in a receiver with a 2" ball. Works awesome to move trailers around.

You can also buy a drawbar for your 3pt and a pair of drawbar brackets to keep it from rolling and put a ball in it.

 

[radioman]

I moved both 16ft landscape trailer no problems in slippery areas and my 22ft camper with a small BX. The camper was a bit heavy, lifted no problems on 3 pt hitch, but tries to do a wheelie without the FEL on it.

 

[firefighter jim]

Get a "Handy Hitch" off ebay. Redland Hill Farms. I have one on my B7800 and they work great. Around $100.

 

[easygo]

If you are handy with the welder you can easily make your own. Here are a couple of threads talking about the different ideas people came up with. I think just about any of them would do what you need.

www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/151823-3-point-hitch-hitch-then.html

www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/138242-my-3-point-trailer-hitch.html

ps: The B7800 would pull those trailers no problem.

 

[CharlieR]

Cheapest way to do it is to get the short (20') cat 1 bar as in Radioman's picture and bolt on a reciever made for a truck bumper ($40 or less).
Buy the little device that keeps the bar from rotating and you are done.
Other wise do what Radioman did or have someone make on like it for you.
The "factory made" version will cost you a couple hundred bucks.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Cheapest way to do it is to get the short (20') cat 1 bar as in Radioman's picture and bolt on a reciever made for a truck bumper ($40 or less).
Buy the little device that keeps the bar from rotating and you are done.
Other wise do what Radioman did or have someone make on like it for you.
The "factory made" version will cost you a couple hundred bucks.

20 Foot bar isn't short. wink wink. Yah, you meant 20"

 

[sixgun]

Twenty feet IS short up here in the northeast! Just measured mine and its about 23'...'course my wife says that I overestimate the length of things all the time.