Bucket mounted trailer hitch

Builder · Feb 22, 2006

Anyone seen these? I saw one on Ebay and forgot to book- mark it. It's a piece of forked steel that mounts over & under your front bucket edge. It clamps to the bucket using a simple threaded rod with an arm to tighten it. They mount a ball to the end that sticks out past the bucket so you can use the bucket & ball to lift the trailer up & pull it backwards.

Anyone know what the heck I'm talking about? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

JD3520 · Feb 22, 2006

Someone on this forum made one and posted pictures but I can't remember who it was.

KentT · Feb 22, 2006

Try this:

United Steel Works on eBay

JD3520 · Feb 22, 2006

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chuck

Builder · Feb 22, 2006

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Chuck,

Thanks, partner! That's it!!

JD3520 · Feb 22, 2006

here is the one a member made: run a search for this.

homemade bucket hitch -- attaches with clevis pins

ShaneD · Feb 23, 2006

Shoot MadReferee a PM. He has a nice Design/Plan for one of those if your interested in making one.

MadReferee · Feb 23, 2006

Here is my build post. Plans are free, just PM me with a real email address.

Bucket mounted trailer hitch build

HomeBrew2 · Feb 23, 2006

Option: The clamp-on balls are really nice but either too expensive or too much work for me and, yet another piece of bulky hardware to find a place for on the tractor. I just drilled a hole for the ball thru the cutting edge of the bucket. Yeh, the edge is AR400 or some such abrasion resistant steel but it drills fine, just a little slow (no anealing necessary).

Also, there's no need to drive the tractor backwards to "pull" the trailer. PUSH it. Works great and is much easier on the neck.

Cheers!

Builder · Feb 23, 2006

Thanks for all the suggestions! I really liked your home-brewed ideas in your pictures!
I was contemplating drilling a hole in the cutting edge, too. I didn't know if it would weaken it since I do a lot of concrete removal and heavy work with the bucket.

On the push/pull thing: I mostly have to retract the trailer from where it's parked. So I'm usually pulling it backwards due to the way my equipment is stored.