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Quick-Tach Sleeve With Slides Over Drawbar
My woodsplitter and some of my trailers have ball hitches, but I have other equipment with pin hitches. I got tired of putting a ball on and off so I made a quick-tach sleeve to slide over the drawbar. I welded 2 pieces of 3-in. channel iron together, drilling 2 holes in the sleeve to match the 2 holes in the drawbar
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Quick-Tach Sleeve With Slides Over Drawbar HITCHES My woodsplitter and some of my trailers have ball hitches but I have other equipment with pin hitches I got tired of putting a ball on and off so I made a quick-tach sleeve to slide over the drawbar I welded 2 pieces of 3-in channel iron together drilling 2 holes in the sleeve to match the 2 holes in the drawbar I used a pair of 1/2-in bolts to go through the sleeve and drawbar Hairpins through the bottom ends of the bolts keep them from jumping out I welded nuts to the top of the bolts positioned on their sides and attached 1/8-in pieces of cable to the bolts and hair pins so they wouldn’t get lost Now it takes only seconds to install the sleeve and ball hitch Terry Morgel Avon Minn
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