Utility box for 3p hitch

[Einar Kr]

I m planing on building a utility box for 3p hitch. I m thinking of a box which to use as ballest, carrying and so on. The things I m mainly hauling around are fencing tools, fence posts, fencing material, shovels, rakes and so on. I m also thinking of using the box to hook up the fence wires for reeling them out....so in other words, a utility/swiss army box for all round carrying and fencing. So I seek to you good folks for some ideas and hopefully pictures of similar projects.

 

[jenkinsph]

How about a Jobox and add a hitch to it? It is on my list to setup.


Steve

 

[Einar Kr]

Jobox is not to my knowledge sold in Iceland and utility boxes sold here are not cheep and the quality of the ones in my price range are not to my standards but a good idea all the same

 

[Soundguy]

I m planing on building a utility box for 3p hitch. I m thinking of a box which to use as ballest, carrying and so on. The things I m mainly hauling around are fencing tools, fence posts, fencing material, shovels, rakes and so on. I m also thinking of using the box to hook up the fence wires for reeling them out....so in other words, a utility/swiss army box for all round carrying and fencing. So I seek to you good folks for some ideas and hopefully pictures of similar projects.

get a carry-all and bolt a good pallate to it. carries rools..or you can stack ballast on it.

soundguy

 

[pat32rf]

Mount the pins high enough on the sides so you can lower it to the ground when you want to drop it. This will also act as a parking brake.
Install a 2" (or what-ever is standard in Iceland) receiver on the rear for a trailer hitch/winch/tow hook/etc
Have a block on the bottom so you can rock it slightly while trying to re-connect the top link.
Have it heavy

 

[pycoed]

Have a look on Ebay for "link box" or "transport box" & look at some pictures. Fleming do a useful tipping one.

 

[Leejohn]

Hi Einar Kr,
I made some ballist boxs and they turned out good. They sure work nice for so many things. I don't know how to link you to the pictures I posted. The only way I can tell you to see them is to click on my name,look at my profile and look at find all threads started by me.
Maybe this well give you some ideals. You can add to it for what ever you are going to use it for.

Lee

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Hi Einar Kr,
I made some ballist boxs and they turned out good. They sure work nice for so many things. I don't know how to link you to the pictures I posted. The only way I can tell you to see them is to click on my name,look at my profile and look at find all threads started by me.
Maybe this well give you some ideals. You can add to it for what ever you are going to use it for.

Lee

Here it is.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/141747-my-ballast-box.html

I remember seeing that before.....and that's a nice box!

 

[Leejohn]

johndeere4300, How did you do that?

 

[Cottonhawk]

I have a all purpose utility box on the front end instead of 3 pt rear end.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

johndeere4300, How did you do that?

Copy & paste.

Right click on the address bar & copy...THEN...right click to paste it.

You can paste it in the middle of a paragraph http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=145784 like i did this.

When you get ready to paste, just have your cursor in the place where you want the link.

Hope that helps.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

I have a all purpose utility box on the front end instead of 3 pt rear end.

That's a nice utility box!

You should have a thread on that....If you have the pictures when you first started building it.

That would be handy around here....I really like it.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Cottonhawk]

It's a simple design....
A 4'x6'x3' metal cage supported by the fork lift which slide into 1'x4' metal tube cross the bottom.
The gate opens towards the front flat with the floor so it become a 6'x7' working platform.
The box has short leg on each bottom corner so it can be left sitting on flat ground.
Here is another pic.....

 

[JohnDeere4300]

It's a simple design....
A 4'x6'x3' metal cage supported by the fork lift which slide into 1'x4' metal tube cross the bottom.
The gate opens towards the front flat with the floor so it become a 6'x7' working platform.
The box has short leg on each bottom corner so it can be left sitting on flat ground.
Here is another pic.....

That's a very good setup!

My wife would want to use that so she could pick apples, pears & cherries

Thanks for the picture!