Home made 3 point hitch

[meadowfield 2,570]

Some of you may remember I had to scratch build a hitch for my GT14 three years ago. They are rare in Europe and expensive to ship, so I made my own.

Fast forward a few years and Bendy needed one (well I wanted one) this time it was a little trickier, as the backend is a Raider 10. Anyway it kinda hangs together and I thought I'd share what I did to make it work.

Starting with the lower bracket that clamps to the rear transmission. This is an exact copy of the one used on my GT14.

And a top link bracket

Which attaches to a C series fender bracket in a similar way to the rock shaft used on the rear clevis hitch.

On with the lower arms, these are 2" wide steel cut from an old joist. Here is drilling the 1-1/4" hole for a spherical bearing.

And the finished holes

For the implement end I decided to make them a bit neater and turned some big discs down to fit the bearing shown at the end.

The cranks were done in the press

Here are both arms ready for the ends welding on

And with the end welded on

For the lift arms I used bottle screws/rigging screw/turnbuckle, from a boat shop.

In order to make it all fit they were shortened, and then to allow plenty of movement I used M12 rose joints for the top pivot

The heavy lifting is courtesy of a 2-1/2" ram which has rose joints at either end.

Here's the final assembly

And with the rear fender mounted and a piece cut out for the top link.

Happy with how it all hooked together - it almost looks factory fit

Mark

Edited April 4, 2015 by meadowfield

[AMC RULES 37,130]

   Beefy too.   

[music100 10]

Excellent work.

[312Hydro 474]

That's some fine craftsmanship . I'll be studying this if I end up putting one on mine. Thanks for taking the time to document it. I see that you have a lot more room than my late model hydros. Still, your example could be modified with some careful thought. I'd need to put the cylinder somewhere else though. Thanks,again,rich

Edited April 4, 2015 by 312Hydro

[Digger 66 3,478]

That's some fine craftsmanship 

 

Agreed , beautiful work Sir !

How about a little video ? 

[KC9KAS 4,741]

Very nice fab work. Here in the states, you can buy the bearing end in a piece of steel and weld it to the home-made lift arms.

 

[boovuc 1,090]

Incredible work! Looks Great!

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

Very well done....if only I had those fabrication skills!

Mike..........

[catcher77 29]

KC9KAS

Where can you buy the bearing in the end piece? Thanks

[19richie66 17,505]

Tractor Supply has them also I think Northern Tool.