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Kent

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Someone mentioned towing their minivan with their tractor, and it reminded me of this great attachment for the oldies -- a trailer hitch that fits both the front and rear of the tractor -- in case some of you haven't seen it: [img]http://www.simpletractors.com/images/2_into_1/trailer_hitch_small.jpg[/img] Here's the brochure for it: http://www.simpletractors.com/attachments/ball_hitch.htm This is the ONLY way I could get my old fishing boat (now sold) into my barn. With an 84" beam, sitting on the trailer, I had about 6" clearance on my garage doors. I couldn't back it in there with my truck without hitting one side or the other, but with the hitch on the front of the tractor (ala a "spotting hitch") I could pretty much put it anywhere I wanted to.... Clubmember Rob Baumuller (Rob-B) was selling reproductions of these at one time, based on mine, but I don't know if he still has the capability to still make them or not...
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Yes, they had aircraft towbars for the PowrMax class... [img]http://www.simpletractors.com/images/9020_cat/towing_hitch.jpg[/img]
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kent i tnink in some of my postings about getting a jbjr sombody had mensioned that John from johnny products devised a ball hitch that could be used in combination with the regular jbjr's hitch. i think it was a custom 1 off but i am sure for those who may have a need it can be remade, and i am sure it is alot cheaper than one of those new 4 wheel steering chevy tahoe's that we have all seen on tv :D
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Hearing that about John Scheele doesn't surprise me.... Mine was fabricated by a kind clubmember, based on pictures/drawings of the original... It would be nice to have CAD drawings of one of these -- should someone out there own an original and can take a bunch of measurements...
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Use my combination snow blade/spotting hitch all the time to move trailers & carts. Most of the time without getting off my butt. [img]http://home.att.net/~herb.niewender/hitch-seq.jpg[/img]
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Interesting Dutch, your combination hitch sounds likely to be one of my next projects. Is the threaded shank of your hitch ball turned down to fit the 1/2" hole of the blade hitch or, did you enlarge the hole for the ball and use a sleeve for the blade? I'll need to move different trailers that have different size ball hitches. Steve
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