He Made A Low-Cost Skid Loader Quick-Hitch

He Made A Low-Cost Skid Loader Quick-Hitch HITCHES By removing the 3-pt quick hitch brackets from his Deere 3010 tractor and welding them onto a new skid mounting plate Brett Hundertmark was able to make a low-cost quick-hitch for his Mustang 2040 skid loader He bought the skid plate for $220 and had a neighbor weld the quick-hitch brackets onto it “A new commercial skid loader quick hitch would have cost at least $500 so I saved money ” says Hundertmark “I use the skid loader to blow snow in the winter and mow road ditches in the summer If I want I can mount a drawbar with holes in it across both of the quick-hitch’s lower brackets It really comes in handy if a trailer’s tongue is down in the dirt because I can hook up to it without having to jack the tongue up I’m also building a quick-tach grader blade which I’ll use to move snow and to level my driveway ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brett Hundertmark 2119 120th St Bode Iowa 50519 ph 515 379-2702; trtack@humrec com

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