pulling hitch and bars

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I have looked like crazy all over the Internet and haven't came
up with Jack on a good pulling hitch and wheelie bar setup for a
big tractor like my 1155. There is no one near me that pulls big
tractors, let alone a massey. Do I just need to make a pair of
wheelie bars that are just a bigger set of the ones like for
smaller tractors? Or what? Same thing on the hitch. If there was
someone close to me I'd go check theirs out instead of just
throwing this out there. But a drowning man will grab at a straw.
And I'm close to drowning. Any help will be greatly appreciated
guys. Thanks.
 
well I looked at a bunch of my pictures and this is all I had on the back end of a tractor . hope it helps
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Where you located? I made/ modified hitches for my 1130 and a 1150. Wheelie bars probably wouldn't be that hard to do either.
 
Read the rules where you are going to pull. Most want the top adjuster to be below the axle centerline. Also most rules want the wheelie bars to be separate from the hitch. 5X5 pads and heavy enough to jack the tractor up, at heaviest weight. I would go and look at other tractors in your class. Zack Petersen's book has a bunch of pictures of hitches.
 
How about a Ford 9000?
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The holes in the uprights are from an earlier version. The uprights just bolt to holes on the back surface. There is a "shelf" welded inbetween the uprights. it adjusts quickly with no tools. The bars come from under the axle apprx. 16 inches then angle down. I should add uprights at the bottoms of the bars. The pads got bent from getting hit by the sled. The large cross section of the tubing gives strength at Lowe weight.
 
(quoted from post at 19:35:55 02/26/15) Read the rules where you are going to pull. Most want the top adjuster to be below the axle centerline. Also most rules want the wheelie bars to be separate from the hitch. 5X5 pads and heavy enough to jack the tractor up, at heaviest weight. I would go and look at other tractors in your class. Zack Petersen's book has a bunch of pictures of hitches.

Vic, I have always wondered the same thing, many who post pics of their hitches seem to be in violation of a very sensible rule. If the lower hook point would break and the pull be put on the top links it would jerk the tractor over backwards. I can't believe NATPA would allow those at sanctioned pulls. I will not build one with that setup unless the turnbuckles could be kept low.
 
NATPA state's in there rules No Hitch
adjuster over the center line of Axle!

This means no drop axle ( AC WC/ WD45
Ford 700/900) top adjusted over the
center of the wheel.

Cliff S
 
What size tubing did you use for your wheelie bars? And is
that 16" from the center of the axle or from the front? Thanks.
 
(quoted from post at 16:25:41 03/17/15) What size tubing did you use for your wheelie bars? And is
that 16" from the center of the axle or from the front? Thanks.

The tubing is 3 inch. being larger cross section it doesn't need to be such a thick wall to have the needed strength. The horizontal part is three inch angle stock with an extra side added in so that the cross section of it is a U. Then there are two gussets on each one underneath where the tube stock welds onto the U horizontal piece. The gussets extend about five inches in each direction. They support the tractor well. I stood it up high enough one time last season at a county fair pull, because I let the clutch out too fast, that two or three ladies nearby screamed because they thought I was going over backwards, LOL.
 

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