Home-Built Loader-Mounted 3-Pt. Hitch
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Glenn Fisher, Homer, Georgia, got tired of turning around all the time with 3-pt. mounted implements.
To improve his view, he bolted a home-built 3-pt. hitch onto a quick-tach mounting plate, allowing him to mount 3-pt. implements on his tractor’s front-end loader.
“I use it with a variety of 3-pt. implements. I have a great view in front of me,” says Fisher.
He started with a Tomahawk quick-tach mounting plate that he bought used at an auction for $100 (ph 574 354-9491; www.tomahawkattachments.com) and two 3-pt. ball receivers that he bought at Tractor Supply Company. He welded each ball receiver to an angle iron bracket, then made a top link by welding steel “ears” to a length of square tubing.
He drilled 2 holes near the top of the plate to bolt on the top link, and 6 holes near the bottom for each ball receiver. Each receiver attaches with 2 bolts. “The extra holes allow using 3-pt. hitches of other sizes,” says Fisher. “If I want, I can use a 3-pt. implement on back of the tractor at the same time.
“It works great with a 3-pt. mounted crane boom which I use to pick up logs in our woods. I use the boom to hold the log at waist level while I cut it into firewood. I also use it with a rock rake to clear brush away from under fruit trees and around grape vines, and with a 3-pt. scraper blade to dig shallow ditches. Also, I’m now converting a pull-type harrow to a 3-pt. unit that will let me turn shorter at the end of the field.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Glenn Fisher, Homer, Ga.
Home-Built Loader-Mounted 3-Pt. Hitch
Glenn Fisher, Homer, Georgia, got tired of turning around all the time with 3-pt. mounted implements.
To improve his view, he bolted a home-built 3-pt. hitch onto a quick-tach mounting plate, allowing him to mount 3-pt. implements on his tractor’s front-end loader.
“I use it with a variety of 3-pt. implements. I have a great view in front of me,” says Fisher.
He started with a Tomahawk quick-tach mounting plate that he bought used at an auction for $100 (ph 574 354-9491; www.tomahawkattachments.com) and two 3-pt. ball receivers that he bought at Tractor Supply Company. He welded each ball receiver to an angle iron bracket, then made a top link by welding steel “ears” to a length of square tubing.
He drilled 2 holes near the top of the plate to bolt on the top link, and 6 holes near the bottom for each ball receiver. Each receiver attaches with 2 bolts. “The extra holes allow using 3-pt. hitches of other sizes,” says Fisher. “If I want, I can use a 3-pt. implement on back of the tractor at the same time.
“It works great with a 3-pt. mounted crane boom which I use to pick up logs in our woods. I use the boom to hold the log at waist level while I cut it into firewood. I also use it with a rock rake to clear brush away from under fruit trees and around grape vines, and with a 3-pt. scraper blade to dig shallow ditches. Also, I’m now converting a pull-type harrow to a 3-pt. unit that will let me turn shorter at the end of the field.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Glenn Fisher, 751 Boling Road, Homer, Ga. 30547 (ph 423 364-0158).
