Adirondack case guy
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As per our phone conversation, here are the pics of my front mounted 3pt. hitch for the 440.
As I said, it utilizes the Myers snow plow frame structure, and hydraulic lift cylinder assembly. I cut and drilled the black vertical C channels to bolt to the nose guard, and there will be a lower brace that reinforces them with strutts that pin into where the plow pins to the frame.
Odviously the plow has to be removed and the 3pt pinned on to be functional. The vertical C strutts can remain in place with the plow attached. The ridgid 3pt frame just pins to the strutts with 3/4" draw pins, and the pivoting A frame pins to the plow lift arm. The A frame is attached to the hitch frame with cap screws with washers that clamp down on two bushings so that they can pivot, as the lift arm goes up and down. I was a bit conserned about the strength of the top of the A frame, with 3 holes drilled into the angle iron, so it welded in some flat stock to form a C channel at the top.
The claws will allow easy initial attachment of my splitter, and then I just have to hook the top link,(to be fabed yet) and drop two lock pins in the vertical holes in the claws.
Loren
As I said, it utilizes the Myers snow plow frame structure, and hydraulic lift cylinder assembly. I cut and drilled the black vertical C channels to bolt to the nose guard, and there will be a lower brace that reinforces them with strutts that pin into where the plow pins to the frame.
Odviously the plow has to be removed and the 3pt pinned on to be functional. The vertical C strutts can remain in place with the plow attached. The ridgid 3pt frame just pins to the strutts with 3/4" draw pins, and the pivoting A frame pins to the plow lift arm. The A frame is attached to the hitch frame with cap screws with washers that clamp down on two bushings so that they can pivot, as the lift arm goes up and down. I was a bit conserned about the strength of the top of the A frame, with 3 holes drilled into the angle iron, so it welded in some flat stock to form a C channel at the top.
The claws will allow easy initial attachment of my splitter, and then I just have to hook the top link,(to be fabed yet) and drop two lock pins in the vertical holes in the claws.
Loren
