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Stephen Wallace

05-11-2004 05:19:34




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I am looking for a tow hitch for my Ford 8n. I notice that on the outside bottom (underneath) of the differential housing there is a flat area with at least two bolt holes. At one time I have seen a bar bolted there underneath the tractor with a tow ball fitted in the end of this bar that extends just beyond and below the PTO. Since I have need to move a boat trailer around my property such a tow bar would be preferable to my using the 3 point hitch bar for a trailer since it rolls and sways.

How can I find such a tow attachment or do I have to have one fabricated?

Thank you.

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DRAWBAR

05-11-2004 13:44:10




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 Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 05:19:34  
DRAWBAR=TRACTOR (farmer)
TOW HITCH=CAR (city person)

cityfolk+tractor=ouch ontop of head.



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Dell (WA)

05-11-2004 08:20:46




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 Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 05:19:34  
Steve..... ..."swinging towbar" attachment for under the 8N tranny (NOT available for 9N/2N's) is readily available for about $100. (cheap) tip: mount the cranked towbar UP so the end knocks yer kneecap instead of down and crackin' yer ankle. It slides out when you don't need it and does not use the 11-hole drawbar and does not lift up or down with hydraulics. I like towing trailers where I can see where I'm going. The frontaxle mounted bumper with towball attachment tab is about $100 (cheap)..... ...the towing Dell

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Tim...OK

05-11-2004 06:45:21




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 Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 05:19:34  
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this is shown with my hay spike in it,but 2 pins and it's out and you throw the reciever hitch in,out of all the stuff I have for my tractors,this is probably the handiest. Northern sells'em for about $200,but I built this one in about an hour or so,with maybe 15 bucks worth of scrap material.. Sorry it's pictured on my IH,but I don't have any pics of it on my 8N..

Tim

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Pitch

05-11-2004 05:47:57




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 Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 05:19:34  
Every thing you need is readily available at TSC or most any of the venders on this board. I have a trailer ball mounted on my front bumper that I use for moving my utiity trailer around the property. I find that it is very easy to precisely spot the trailer when it is hooked to the front.



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souNdguy

05-11-2004 05:53:04




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 Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Pitch, 05-11-2004 05:47:57  
Good point! I've used my tractor bumper for the same... realy makes parking the short trailers much easier..

Soundguy



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souNdguy

05-11-2004 05:35:12




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 Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 05:19:34  
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Yes.. they are available and come up on ebay from time to time.. but it is a tad easier just to get a drawbar lock to keep your 11 hole 3-point drawbar from rotating..

You can buy them or make them.. and let me tell you.. if ya got the scrap steel.. it takes about 10 minutes to make one.

I took a piece of rebar, and bent it in a right angle. Then took a piece if I-beam and cut two short sections off of it.. Box chanel would have worked fine.. but i didn't have any in the scrap iron pile. Then a found a large bolt that fit the 11 hole drawbar holes... found a nut and flat washer for it. Then I grabbed a bid 'D' bolt.. the kind that has the locking plate and two nuts that holds the 'D' around something...

I welded the I-beam ends on to each side of the rebar.. one facing down.. to straddle the drawbar.. one to the side, to straddle the lift arm. I tack welded the 'D' bolt to the bak of the ibeam, so that you could slide the bracket over the lift arm.. the ibeam straddled the arm.. then you slid the retainer plate ont he 'D' bolt, added the nuts and it was connected. Down at the drawbar, I put the big bolt in a hole that would be straddled by the i-beam section, and marked the beam section.. pulled it out, and welde dthe bolt to the i-beam.. now the ibeam straddles the drawbar.. and the bolt goes thru a hole.. you slap the washer and nut on there. Add yer trailer ball, and go.. leave the lift down.

Total cost of this was about 50 cents for the d-bolt.. and 7.99 for the trailer ball..
here's a pic.. of that monkeyrig on my NAA... It tows my little utility trailer all over my pasture.

Soundguy

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Stephen Wallace

05-11-2004 06:05:22




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 Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to souNdguy, 05-11-2004 05:35:12  
Nice idea and rig, thanks. Now here is a stupid question. Those standard stabilizer/locking arms that keep the whole hitch rig from moving or swaying...what exactly do I need to purchase for that? Does one go on each side? And I sometimes see them listed as "upper" and "lower" locking bars. Which do I need?

Thanks.



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HS

05-11-2004 07:11:48




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 Re: Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 06:05:22  
Well, soundguys two pictures illustrate both the drawbar stays in the 2nd picture (these prevent any movement either up/down or side-to-side, are adjustable, and always used with the heavy drawbar) and his other picture shows the stabilizer bars that attach to brackets that are mounted under the rear axle and attached by the same long bolts that hold the fenders on; these prevent side to side sway but allow you to raise the hitch up and down. These can be used with the drawbar as shown in his picture but are also used with implements like cultivators etc. to keep them from swaying. If your tractor is missing the brackets under the fenders I would look for them used, buy new, or fabriccate your own and get the stbilizer bars that attach to them. That may be all you need (plus the ball of course) to move the boat trailer. I have maneuvered a 23' Aquasport on a trailer with no problem.

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souNdguy

05-11-2004 06:13:47




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 Re: Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Stephen Wallace, 05-11-2004 06:05:22  
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Yes.. there is a stay bar setup that keep sthe 3pt down.. they are two sliding bars that bolt together and hook by the toplink, and lower lift pins.. takes 2 bars each side. Probably cost ya 30 bucks or so to buy.. but if you are welding anyway.. would be nothing to weld up a piece of rebar to that drawbar lock.. that went up to the toplink with a big washer for the toplink pin to go thru as well.

Here's a pic of the adjustable stay brackets.. alsong with an original swinging drawbar setup... not my tractor...

Soundguy

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Mtneerdan

05-11-2004 15:59:26




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to souNdguy, 05-11-2004 06:13:47  
I keep the box scrape on my dexta about all the time, so I just drilled a hole in the top plate on the back of the box scrape and put a ball in it. Really handy that is. I don't have to drop implements to move a trailer, if it's in my way, I just back the ball under it, pull the hydraulics up, take it where I want it and set it down.
Later, Dan



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Mtneerdan

05-11-2004 17:11:38




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tow hitch for 8N in reply to Mtneerdan, 05-11-2004 15:59:26  
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First shot at a pic on here, but here's my tow setup on the boxscrape. (If the pic works) This really is handy, not to mention easy.
Later, Dan



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