ibskot 37 #1 Posted December 1, 2013 I put a ball on my hitch and pulled a 4x8 with high sides almost full of wood through the woods in low 3 with my new 312-8 with no problems except traction.... Who uses the ball vs a garden cart type? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Ways 30 #2 Posted December 1, 2013 I prefer ball, but will use regular hole & pin for light hauling in the garden cart --like grass clippings and such. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,943 #3 Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) We have a drawbar hitch on three of our 1054 Wheel Horse tractors. This hitch attaches to the snowplow hitch which has the same angle iron as the drawbar hitch and attached with carriage or hex bolts. The drawbar is made to operate with and clear the rear lift slot hitch and the beauty of this is that you can add a ball on the drawbar, a clevis and use the holes to place a pin for a Wheel Horse trailer or other attachment. Edited December 1, 2013 by Lane Ranger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stigian 1,234 #4 Posted December 1, 2013 I use both.. My 312-8 has a hole and pin hitch. The 6X6 has a ball hitch.. And the GT 14+2 has both 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timo4352 147 #5 Posted December 1, 2013 I put this thing on mine. It's got a ball, hitch pin, and hooks for a strap or chain. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick 233 #6 Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) I have one of the heavy duty receiver hitches Scott and Tom make on my 314-8. I have used it to pull my 5x10 Holmes (995 lbs) with my grandsons 185 John Deere lawn tractor on it. Had to feather the clutch taking off to prevent a wheelie, but the pull was easy, on a gravel drive up and down hill. I would like to find a nice 4x6 or 4x8 to use behind the 314-6. it would be nice to haul my "stuff" around the property. I have WH rear weights, chains and the frame mounted WH front weight, plus my 265 lbs. There is no traction problem, yet! Edited December 1, 2013 by rick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremi3210 717 #7 Posted December 1, 2013 Here are mine both are homemade and can pull whatever i hook up to them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay in nc 210 #8 Posted December 1, 2013 i have a nice light weight 5 x 8 tilt bed trailer with a boat winch. its light enough to tow with any of the horses & big enough to haul them on. i have hauled most of them home on this . & it carries the 516,518 or 520 18 miles to the wifes homeplace weekly for mowing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ibskot 37 #9 Posted December 2, 2013 I put this thing on mine. It's got a ball, hitch pin, and hooks for a strap or chain. Man, I forgot I had one of those. Need to find it. Cool. Here are mine both are homemade and can pull whatever i hook up to them. What kind of WH's are those? I like the weights. How does that hook up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremi3210 717 #10 Posted December 3, 2013 I put this thing on mine. It's got a ball, hitch pin, and hooks for a strap or chain. Man, I forgot I had one of those. Need to find it. Cool. Here are mine both are homemade and can pull whatever i hook up to them. What kind of WH's are those? I like the weights. How does that hook up? The top pic is my gt14 loader the hitch hooks up to the 3point. The other one is a c121 and it bolts on top of the axle to the rear attach bracket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n1defan 47 #11 Posted December 18, 2013 I have one of the heavy duty receiver hitches Scott and Tom make on my 314-8. I have used it to pull my 5x10 Holmes (995 lbs) with my grandsons 185 John Deere lawn tractor on it. Had to feather the clutch taking off to prevent a wheelie, but the pull was easy, on a gravel drive up and down hill. I would like to find a nice 4x6 or 4x8 to use behind the 314-6. it would be nice to haul my "stuff" around the property. I have WH rear weights, chains and the frame mounted WH front weight, plus my 265 lbs. There is no traction problem, yet!i I am taking orders for the two inch heavy duty hitches that Scott and I build if interested. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites