Steevo Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Thanks to the help from members here who provided pictures, diagrams and measurements, I was able to fabricate a sleeve hitch for my 6116, and finished it today. Some pictures: http://sdwike.smugmug.com/photos/321646190_ErLJN-L.jpg http://sdwike.smugmug.com/photos/321646260_bZTCn-L.jpg http://sdwike.smugmug.com/photos/321650107_zRW7H-L.jpg
Steevo Posted June 28, 2008 Author Posted June 28, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Roy Looks good. ^ Have you tried it yet? Not yet. I am fixing the tractor at my Calif. house, but will take it up to my Idaho house to put it to work, mostly as a snowplow and tiller. I just wanted a hitch to tow a cart around with, and maybe a disc or spring harrow.
Steevo Posted June 29, 2008 Author Posted June 29, 2008 4xBill, I started with the dimensions from teh diagram that Roy kindly posted in this thread: http://www.simpletractors.com/club2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=95945 From there, I modified the width to match my existing tiller mount (8-3/8" between sides) and the depth to 7-1/4" from pivot pins to back of sleeve, to keep some reasonable leverage on the lift arm. I figured the longer that sleeve stuck out back, the harder to lift anything attached to it.
HubbardRA Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 One other thing you may want to add are a couple nuts on the bolts to lock them in position. Without the lock nuts, the bolts will vibrate loose. I am speaking from experience. Here is the hitch I made for my 716H: In the picture the locknuts are on the outside, but this didn't work, so I had to put them on the other side.
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