ayelvington
Gold Member
I have been frustrated for two years because my TSC backblade would not fit my quick hitch. The yoke was wider than usual (aka: non-standard) and kept the pins from dropping into the quick hitch. I'm going to try and embed the photos and tell the story.
The first photo shows the original width of the yoke; the ideal measurement is 26" give or take a hair.
Next you can see that there is metal to spare between the pin ears and the strut. I cut back to the strut to get as much metal out as possible.
I used a piece of 1/2" conduit (3/4" OD) as an alignment tool, so I only worked on one side at a time.
I prepped the former "outside" side of the ear and flipped it to have a clean working surface to weld to. I cut and ground the old section off of the ear after the flip side was welded to the yoke.
My welds are a bit crude. I have a very small 120V MIG welder with .023 wire in it. I cranked the voltage and wire speed to the max to get the most heat into the wire. I also pre-heated the metal to about 300F with a propane torch. (I think that this helped quite a bit...)
When it was all said and done, the width of the yoke was close enough. Then I painted it with my secret "Strength Paint" to ensure a long life, and put the pins back on.
Voila! It fits, and now ALL of my attachments work with the quick hitch!
I hope that this works. (I just remembered that I forgot to turn off the welding gas...)
The first photo shows the original width of the yoke; the ideal measurement is 26" give or take a hair.
Next you can see that there is metal to spare between the pin ears and the strut. I cut back to the strut to get as much metal out as possible.
I used a piece of 1/2" conduit (3/4" OD) as an alignment tool, so I only worked on one side at a time.
I prepped the former "outside" side of the ear and flipped it to have a clean working surface to weld to. I cut and ground the old section off of the ear after the flip side was welded to the yoke.
My welds are a bit crude. I have a very small 120V MIG welder with .023 wire in it. I cranked the voltage and wire speed to the max to get the most heat into the wire. I also pre-heated the metal to about 300F with a propane torch. (I think that this helped quite a bit...)
When it was all said and done, the width of the yoke was close enough. Then I painted it with my secret "Strength Paint" to ensure a long life, and put the pins back on.
Voila! It fits, and now ALL of my attachments work with the quick hitch!
I hope that this works. (I just remembered that I forgot to turn off the welding gas...)
