pcastleberg
Member
Hi all,
I have an Oliver 550 that we use around the farm for various things from dragging to mowing to hauling our water wagon etc...
The water wagon has a ball style hitch, So does the horse trailer but a different size ball....the Mower and drag are 3pt.
I was told that if I was going to have a swinging drawbar I should remove it during 3pt operations (I already bent part of my 770 swinging drawbar while using the aftermarket 3pt) to prevent interference between the 3pt and the drawbar.
I don't want to do that all the time and I don't need a swinging drawbar so I am thinking what may work the best is to make my own reese hitch where I can swap out a drawbar vs ball style quickly and easily and it wouldn't interfere with the 3pt.
The bottom of the pto/transmission housing assembly has a set of 4 bolt holes.
I am thinking I could make a heavy steel plate to mount to those holes and the reese hitch could be welded on that plate.
Has anyone ever tried this? Any advice?
Below are pictures of the mounting area and the Reese hitch blank and also an extension and a multi hitch adapter to give you an idea what I'm thinking....
Thanks!
I have an Oliver 550 that we use around the farm for various things from dragging to mowing to hauling our water wagon etc...
The water wagon has a ball style hitch, So does the horse trailer but a different size ball....the Mower and drag are 3pt.
I was told that if I was going to have a swinging drawbar I should remove it during 3pt operations (I already bent part of my 770 swinging drawbar while using the aftermarket 3pt) to prevent interference between the 3pt and the drawbar.
I don't want to do that all the time and I don't need a swinging drawbar so I am thinking what may work the best is to make my own reese hitch where I can swap out a drawbar vs ball style quickly and easily and it wouldn't interfere with the 3pt.
The bottom of the pto/transmission housing assembly has a set of 4 bolt holes.
I am thinking I could make a heavy steel plate to mount to those holes and the reese hitch could be welded on that plate.
Has anyone ever tried this? Any advice?
Below are pictures of the mounting area and the Reese hitch blank and also an extension and a multi hitch adapter to give you an idea what I'm thinking....
Thanks!