“Slide Hitch” For Hay Equipment

“Slide Hitch” For Hay Equipment HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Miscellaneous After buying an older side delivery rake that didn’t track correctly behind his tractor leaving swathed hay that required an extra trip across the field Canadian farmer Hugh Baxter made a sliding hitch that solved the problem He bought a used grader cutting edge from a scrap metal dealer then fabricated brackets for mounting it to fit the 3-pt hitch on his tractor He attached the stationary end of an 18-in stroke hydraulic cylinder to one end of the cutting edge and connected the rod end to a hitch bracket that would slide along the cutting edge Baxter says “When the rake is hooked to the movable hitch I can activate the cylinder and move the rake tongue from one side to the other and overcome any side draft The rake tracks exactly where I want it to and now I don’t have to make extra trips across the field ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Hugh Baxter 4551 Chase Rd Lake Country B C Canada V4V 1L7 Hughbaxter4551@gmail com

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