Offset Hitch Centers Haybine
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Jesse Barley of Tyrone, Penn., built a custom hitch to make it easier to navigate roads with farm equipment. “When moving my New Holland 489 haybine down the road to different hay fields, it always stuck so far out to the right side of the truck I was worried about catching guard rails or rocks on the side of the road,” he says. Barley designed a hitch that goes in the receiver to move it about 16 in. to the left. “It really helps to keep the outside wheel on the road more.”
Barley built the hitch from scrap metal that he already owned. Assembly, including drilling holes, took about 3 hrs. The first few times he tested the hitch, the horizontal bar bent, so he took it to a metal fabricator to get it “beefed up.” There have been no problems since.
The hitch receiver is easy to take on and off his truck, as he uses it exclusively for the haybine. It’s lasted well throughout the summer he’s used it, and Barley plans to paint it soon. “I’m happy with how it turned out,” he says. “If you want to make your own, just get a big enough piece of iron that you can extend it far enough horizontally.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jesse Barley, Tyrone, Penn. (jbarsnow@gmail.com).
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Offset Hitch Centers Haybine HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Miscellaneous Jesse Barley of Tyrone Penn built a custom hitch to make it easier to navigate roads with farm equipment “When moving my New Holland 489 haybine down the road to different hay fields it always stuck so far out to the right side of the truck I was worried about catching guard rails or rocks on the side of the road ” he says Barley designed a hitch that goes in the receiver to move it about 16 in to the left “It really helps to keep the outside wheel on the road more ” Barley built the hitch from scrap metal that he already owned Assembly including drilling holes took about 3 hrs The first few times he tested the hitch the horizontal bar bent so he took it to a metal fabricator to get it “beefed up ” There have been no problems since The hitch receiver is easy to take on and off his truck as he uses it exclusively for the haybine It’s lasted well throughout the summer he’s used it and Barley plans to paint it soon “I’m happy with how it turned out ” he says “If you want to make your own just get a big enough piece of iron that you can extend it far enough horizontally ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jesse Barley Tyrone Penn jbarsnow@gmail com
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