nikdfish
Platinum Member
I installed a front receiver (JD part # BM23363) on the 590E S4 this afternoon. It is the install kit with the receiver, nuts, bolts & backing plates. Installation was pretty straight forward, but in an awkward location. No real access even with the wheels turned to the stops. The hassle being getting bolts & plates in place when gravity wants to make the bolts fall back the way they came.
I was getting a bit frustrated until I remembered a technique I'd seen on a tow hitch install that required blind bolts (think carriage bolt) installed inside a frame rail. The trick was a stiff wire with a coil at the end. Screw the bolt into the coil, fish the wire through the frame to the square hole & pull the bolt through. I had some music wire & replicated the process with it.
The top bolt & plate went in first, then the bottom with the wire through plate & hole.
All done.
In addition to adding a front tie down/recovery point, I'm also adding a winch to the mix. Rather than a permanent install, it will be on a receiver winch mount that, now, can be mounted on the front or back of the machine. I have welding cable & 175A gray anderson style disconnects coming in so I can install runs to front & rear. Besides winch operation, I also have jumper cables with the same 175A gray connector that can make use of the winch connections.
I was getting a bit frustrated until I remembered a technique I'd seen on a tow hitch install that required blind bolts (think carriage bolt) installed inside a frame rail. The trick was a stiff wire with a coil at the end. Screw the bolt into the coil, fish the wire through the frame to the square hole & pull the bolt through. I had some music wire & replicated the process with it.
The top bolt & plate went in first, then the bottom with the wire through plate & hole.
All done.
In addition to adding a front tie down/recovery point, I'm also adding a winch to the mix. Rather than a permanent install, it will be on a receiver winch mount that, now, can be mounted on the front or back of the machine. I have welding cable & 175A gray anderson style disconnects coming in so I can install runs to front & rear. Besides winch operation, I also have jumper cables with the same 175A gray connector that can make use of the winch connections.