Built a pair of plow/hitch mounts

[ebinmaine 67,306]

The trailer hitch I have for the Cinnamon Horse is one that bolts to the front and back of the axle. (eBay find).

Because of this I haven't been able to have the hitch on at the same time as the plow bracket.

 

For the last couple seasons I've been swapping from a plow bracket to a trailer hitch.

Yesterday I would have really liked to bring the splitter down into the forest and didn't want to take the time to unbolt the plow.

 

Also, the side angle lever for the plow hits my brake pedal when it's in the up/back position. No brakes ..

I've been making sure to have the plow lever centered to avoid this.

 

Not anymore.....

 

I went online looking for ideas to fix this hitch or just buy another one and on the site of the seller where I purchased this hitch I noticed that they have an option to buy a hitch that has plow brackets.

 

Because of the fact that the brackets are in a fore-and-aft mounting position it moves the whole frame of the plow forward about 2 inches.

 

PERFECT!!!!

 

Well that was the impetus I needed to finally get around to getting the band saw up and running.

I took a 7" section from an old badly worn long frame.

 

 

Got some measurements and set about to fabricate myself some brackets.

 

Here I am part way through the process. They're bolted together so I can get the closest mirror image possible. Remember this is all guesswork and hand grinding until it fits.

 

 

I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. This drawing represents the piece that I had to cut out to make room for the back of the plow frame where the rod crosses through.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a shot from inside the seat pan on the right hand side of the tractor.

 

 

Same side from the back on the ground.

 

Here's a close-up so you can see the notch I cut out.

 

 

 

Because of the fact that I moved the whole plow frame forward 2-1/2" I had to make a spacer to move the lift lever back because it contacted the steering pillow block.

 

 

 

Here's the amount of clearance I was left with from brake pedal to plow angle lever.

 

 

[MikMacMike 479]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

The trailer hitch I have for the Cinnamon Horse is one that bolts to the front and back of the axle. (eBay find).

Because of this I haven't been able to have the hitch on at the same time as the plow bracket.

 

For the last couple seasons I've been swapping from a plow bracket to a trailer hitch.

Yesterday I would have really liked to bring the splitter down into the forest and didn't want to take the time to unbolt the plow.

 

Also, the side angle lever for the plow hits my brake pedal when it's in the up/back position. No brakes ..

I've been making sure to have the plow lever centered to avoid this.

 

Not anymore.....

 

I went online looking for ideas to fix this hitch or just buy another one and on the site of the seller where I purchased this hitch I noticed that they have an option to buy a hitch that has plow brackets.

 

Because of the fact that the brackets are in a fore-and-aft mounting position it moves the whole frame of the plow forward about 2 inches.

 

PERFECT!!!!

 

Well that was the impetus I needed to finally get around to getting the band saw up and running.

I took a 7" section from an old badly worn long frame.

 

 

Got some measurements and set about to fabricate myself some brackets.

 

Here I am part way through the process. They're bolted together so I can get the closest mirror image possible. Remember this is all guesswork and hand grinding until it fits.

 

 

 

I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. This drawing represents the piece that I had to cut out to make room for the back of the plow frame where the rod crosses through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a shot from inside the seat pan on the right hand side of the tractor.

 

 

 

Same side from the back on the ground.

 

 

Here's a close-up so you can see the notch I cut out.

 

 

 

 

Because of the fact that I moved the whole plow frame forward 2-1/2" I had to make a spacer to move the lift lever back because it contacted the steering pillow block.

 

 

 

 

Here's the amount of clearance I was left with from brake pedal to plow angle lever.

 

Thats absolutely excellent Ebinmaine. The engineers at work could take a good lesson from you. And beleieve you me we try to get there heads out of the clouds........SIGH!

Thats top shelf. in fact that deserves a cheers!

[rjg854 11,351]

Nice work, Eric 

Necessity the mother of invention

[Digger 66 3,478]

You're pretty deft with a grinder amigo !

[ebinmaine 67,306]

6 minutes ago, Digger 66 said:

You're pretty deft with a grinder amigo !

Combo platter of bandsaw, grinder, Dremel, sandpaper.. and patience.

 

[tom2p 2,394]

hitchinator 2 

I like ...  two thumbs up !

 

[Lee1977 6,648]

Glad to see you are doing something while Trina is hard at work on building your tractor.

 

Here is a set of plow brackets I built.

 

 

 

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

@ebinmaine, I guess you won't be needing me anymore 😢😞😣.

[ebinmaine 67,306]

2 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

@ebinmaine, I guess you won't be needing me anymore 😢😞😣.

Hahahahahaha

 

I don't know about that Jeff....

 

You have a skill set and knowledge that FAR exceeds my piddling little messing around.

 

[Lee1977 6,648]

9 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Hahahahahaha

 

I don't know about that Jeff....

 

You have a skill set and knowledge that FAR exceeds my piddling little messing around.

 

Eric you have to start somewhere.  Just keep at it you might surprise yourself.  You never know if you can do it unless you try.

[ebinmaine 67,306]

3 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

You never know if you can do it unless you try.

Agreed.

 

Trina and I both have been pretty successful so far.

Sometimes have to do something several times but it's all in good fun.

We both love to learn new things. 

 

[Burnerman 758]

That’s great Eric! I’ve been trying to figure out how to fix the “no brakes” with the plow up and angled! I’m going to have to get  to fabbing!

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Have you found a welder yet? That's

the next thing you need to get. Wire 

feed or flux core your good to go!!

oh and one of these as well! after!!

Edited December 23, 2019 by The Tool Crib

[ebinmaine 67,306]

8 minutes ago, Burnerman said:

That’s great Eric! I’ve been trying to figure out how to fix the “no brakes” with the plow up and angled! I’m going to have to get  to fabbing!

Lemme know if you need measurements or anything.

[ebinmaine 67,306]

8 minutes ago, The Tool Crib said:

Have you found a welder yet?

Yepp.

Antique Lincoln 225AC.

 

All set up.

Just need to put in some practice hours burnin' rods.

 

 

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

Yepp.

Antique Lincoln 225AC.

 

All set up.

Just need to put in some practice hours burnin' rods.

 

 

Yep that's a good one. We had one of these growing up on the farm back in the mid to late 60s. I always used a 6011 rod to weld with. Im lookin for one 

myself . 

[ZXT 2,401]

24 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Yepp.

Antique Lincoln 225AC.

 

All set up.

Just need to put in some practice hours burnin' rods.

 

 

He must've missed the thread 

 

It's amazing what you can do with a couple of relatively simple tools.

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

3 hours ago, MikMacMike said:

Thats absolutely excellent Ebinmaine. The engineers at work could take a good lesson from you. And beleieve you me we try to get there heads out of the clouds........SIGH!

Thats top shelf. in fact that deserves a cheers!

Now that's something new where would you find something like that?

[MikMacMike 479]

I know every one laughs but honestly its called " The Beer Store" hahahahah

 a small brewery I think  on the other side of Toronto from me in Hamilton.....I got wire wheeling so much rust off of Big Red it made me thirsty, so thirsty I was a fire hazard. But sent that pic off to Ebinmaine cheersing him on a excellent job engineering his equipment.

[8ntruck 6,991]

I'm planning a similar project for this spring.  I need a receiver type hitch for my no name.  Once I saw the ones on Ebay, I says to myself "Self, you can make one of these, you got a welder, and you kinda know how to weld".  This will be a good project to practice my welding skills on.

[Pullstart 62,800]

6 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

I'm planning a similar project for this spring.  I need a receiver type hitch for my no name.  Once I saw the ones on Ebay, I says to myself "Self, you can make one of these, you got a welder, and you kinda know how to weld".  This will be a good project to practice my welding skills on.

 

If you ever need a hand... you know where I’m at!

[8ntruck 6,991]

2 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 

If you ever need a hand... you know where I’m at!

 

Yup.  Appreciate the offer.

[CCW 1,292]

EB, if only you could have added a weld the process would have been better than perfect. Good job!

[Lee1977 6,648]

13 hours ago, Burnerman said:

That’s great Eric! I’ve been trying to figure out how to fix the “no brakes” with the plow up and angled! I’m going to have to get  to fabbing!

If the plow frame is hitting the brake band causing no brakes. There was a post a couple months back about a spacer that went under the axle to lower the plow bracket. It was a 1" thick spacer it could also be made with thinner steel stacked. That is if you have the later model plow bracket.

[ebinmaine 67,306]

1 minute ago, Lee1977 said:

If the plow frame is hitting the brake band causing no brakes. There was a post a couple months back about a spacer that went under the axle to lower the plow bracket. It was a 1" thick spacer it could also be made with thinner steel stacked. That is if you have the later model plow bracket.

Not the brake band. The lever in front of the brake pedal.