“Leap Frog” Hitch Pulls Grain Drill Behind Rototiller

“Leap Frog” Hitch Pulls Grain Drill Behind Rototiller DRILLS Glenn Coville Craftsbury Alaska built a bridge hitch to pull a 7-ft wide grain drill behind a 3-pt mounted rototiller     The bridge hitch made from steel tubing and flat metal “leapfrogs” over the top of the rototiller and bolts to the grain drill’s tongue A steel pin goes through the back end of the hitch allowing the drill to pivot up or down on uneven ground The front end of the bridge hitch attaches to both the rototiller and to the tractor’s 3-pt hitch A hydraulic cylinder is used to raise and lower the hitch and rototiller together Hydraulic hoses from the tractor run back to the drill to raise it up or down     “I use my Massey Ferguson 82 hp tractor to pull it It lets me till and seed in one pass which saves time and keeps my tractor from compacting the freshly tilled soil ” says Coville “I used the setup last spring to reseed pastures and hay fields on about 30 acres with no problems It’s a slow moving operation but that’s okay because it saves me a second pass The rototiller is wide enough to cover the tractor’s tire tracks “I raise the rototiller and hitch together when I turn at the end of the field The drill has a long tongue so I can turn fairly sharp The rototiller weighs almost 2 000 lbs and with the weight of the bridge hitch it puts a lot of weight on back of the tractor ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Glenn Coville 1748 Wild Branch Rd Craftsbury Vt 05826 ph 802 586-8022; glenncoville@gmail com

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