3-Point Hitch How do I keep the trailer hitch from rotating?

[JDW 1]

Modified this one, works really well

 

[Redbug]

Hi Redbug, I have a Kubota LX2620 with the same 3 point hitch arms (my old tractor had the straight arms that accepted the brackets available a most farm suppliers). I just found your solution for the drawbar rotation and I'm trying to to find a clevis that fits. Can you let me know where to get the clevis in your photo? Thanks!

I got it at Northern Tool. They have various sizes there.

 

[chim]

I have a tow-behind generator and a utility trailer that get moved around the property with tractors. There's no travel trailer, cabin cruiser or other large load to deal with. The L4240 has 3 different means to move them. Pictures below show the receiver on the FEL and the ball on the RFM. In addition to those, there's a 2" ball on the factory drawbar (the one that slides in under the rear axle). The ball on the mower deck gets used most frequently because the deck is on the tractor three seasons. The receiver on the bucket is sometimes used in combination with a small winch.

For the Ford I recently whipped up a box that went between the lift arms with a ball on top. That was unsatisfactory because it allowed the trailer tongue to lift it up. I cut it apart and used a piece of the tube to make a different hitch. That one has two 1/2" through bolts that use existing holes in a bracket on the Ford. I welded a receiver stub into it and insert my regular hitch into it. It isn't something I'd use for a heavy load at highway speed, but it's fine for moving stuff around the property.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Rather than fool around with a mod, for $60, I just bought one of these:

https://www.garvee.com/products/garvee-2inch-trailer-hitch-pau-0hn6jqar?variant=49449225027897&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=23139703141&tw_kwdid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23129844156&gbraid=0AAAAA9Syo39B3-RGGhfRBofogHrU9jUZB&gclid=Cj0KCQiAqeDMBhDcARIsAJEbU9SfUt_tc1nqe72cS89qcr6Zf9K5iTu0xT2obqnol2VXn-7d4OpRYSoaAm-6EALw_wcB

I use the Pat's system though, not sure if it will work with a quick hitch

 

[AWBELCHER]

Why not use the drawbar under the belly of the tractor. That's what its there for.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Why not use the drawbar under the belly of the tractor. That's what its there for.

Can't raise and lower it with the 3pt, OP is wanting to avoid/limit having to use the trailer tongue jacks, which I can understand.

 

[California]

Can't raise and lower it with the 3pt, OP is wanting to avoid/limit having to use the trailer tongue jacks, which I can understand.

Yeah. Back under the trailer's coupler, lift.

Then fold the tongue jack back, now that there's no weight on it.

 

[JDW 1]

Here is a pic and material list of what I slapped together back in '01. I can see my total expense was just under $18 and an hour or so to build it. I've since made several different styles including ones that work on gooseneck trailers. I can't remember the last time I used it though after I got a set of forks for my tractor and have a forklift. The 2nd picture is somthing I use hundreds of times per year. It sure beats burning a hole in a perfectly good fork and bolting a ball on the fork! It took me a couple of hours to design that and weld it up. I can put it on or take it off in just a few seconds with no damage to my expensive forks.

Fabricated this one to use on my forks, works great has chain for backup just in case