3ph trailer hitch

[valleydweller1]

I put my Kubota BX2230 on CL last week for sale. So far I have had 3 calls; 1 for the tractor and 2 for the trailer hitch implement. It's just an old receiver hitch that I cut up and welded some steel on to build a hitch. Apparently there is a demand for these?

I'm thinking of building 5 of them as a "test marketing" and seeing if anyone bites. I've got a pretty good idea of the time and cost involved for these first 5, what do you all think I could charge for them?

Greg

 

[valleydweller1]

Sorry for the double post, my computer malfunctioned. Can a moderator delete one of these?

Thanks,

Greg

 

[bobodu]

Well you could take this price and cut it by 2/3rds and be in a reasonable ballpark!!


Flexpoint 3-Point Hitch Adapter — Category 2-3 | 3-Point Hitch Accessories | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[valleydweller1]

Well you could take this price and cut it by 2/3rds and be in a reasonable ballpark!!


Flexpoint 3-Point Hitch Adapter Category 2-3 | 3-Point Hitch Accessories | Northern Tool + Equipment

Nice; I think I could make a little money at that! I figure if I take a whole day I could probably build 5 of them at once, then advertise them as black with a free paint-to-match for your tractor. So you're thinking $200?

Greg

 

[bobodu]

I'm thinking $100. I get surplus square tube for 30 cents a pound.
If you could build and sell 5 a day,you could still clear $400 a day...that's gas money.A hundred clams is cheap enough that you could sell many at a decent profit rather than sit on many waiting to sell them.Add a carryall and other accessories to your offerings.Cable/pipe pulling blades ought to sell too.Basically a straight blade maybe 18 inches long with a chain and short piece of pipe on the end.I can pull 400' of poly pipe a foot down in less than three minutes.
RATS !!......I just gave away my million dollar retirement plan.......

 

[valleydweller1]

Wow Bobodu, you make the rounds on these forums, don't ya?

Yeah, scrap steel in my neck of the woods is $0.45/lb, with trailer hitch tubing running full retail, although I forget the price. I figured it would take about $25 in materials per unit including hitch pins. I guessed I could get between $100 and $150, maybe split the difference?

Greg

 

[bobodu]

You might get the $200 if you paint it green and add a sticker.

 

[stnbenn]

Hey Bob, fancy seeing you here. Paint em Green and Bob would love to be the first customer.
Stan in SW, Mi.

 

[akpilot]

They might sell for more, if you paint them Blue

 

[bobodu]

Hey Bob, fancy seeing you here.
Stan in SW, Mi.

Seeing ME here?....I been here forever.
Tell ya what Bro,I send them up to you and you can paint them green.Heck,you wouldn't even have to paint them,just put them next to the stuff in your garage and it'll rub off.
PS...don't forget Mom's birthday again.

 

[bobodu]

Uh oh....things are getting cheaper....
Category One 3-Point Receiver Hitch - eBay (item 320228206423 end time Mar-24-08 09:13:59 PDT)