Pics of your Lawn Mower / Tractor hitch please.

When I first put the ball on there Pete, I got a little carried away a few times and took some turns a little too sharply, which caused the trailer frame to hit the tractor bracket and bend it a little cockeyed.
I bent it back to somewhat normal, and it still works fine. Like you, I would like something stronger though.
Not sure what a 1/3 cord of wet Oak weighs, but I've used it for that a LOT for over 7 years.

 

I posted this pick on your other thread. Works good so far, you do need to be careful when you get the ball above the center point of the rear tire. It will cause the tractor to want to tip over backwards more than normal. you can see were my doughter was backing the small trailer around with the "hole hitch" and tried to run over the trailer.

 

Her's what I use . http://www.greatdayinc.com/lawnprohitch.htm. http://www.powerequipmentdirect.com/lawn/garden-tractor-hitches.html. It's aluminum ,is pretty much a direct bolt on ,and costs about $60 bucks .

 

Here is mine, made from 6" flat stock. Cut with my plasma and welded with my mig

 

Pete, if you post a photo of the back of the mower/lawn tractor you want to add a hitch to it will be easier for others to offer suggestions.

On my Gravely, I used a 12" long piece of 3" x 1/4" angle iron. I drilled a 1/2" hole on one side then cut the off the sides at an angle from the hole to the outside.


(The bar above the hitch is to hang the grass catcher on.)

I have a dolly I can hook to the mower to pull the trailers. Trailers have too much tongue weight for me to hook them directly up to my mower.

 

Nice idea with the dolly. Only thing is this city boy can't back up a hay wagon. That would be the only problem with that

 

Semi trailers are a piece of cake compared to a hay wagon.

 

2" ATV hitch for skidding, trailers & log splitter

 

I drove a semi too, still drive on occasion and can back up pretty good. The hay wagon deal throws in another pivot point and complicates things.

 

Then when you have 2 hay wagons or gravity wagons hooked together, you have a real challenge!

You tried to plan ahead to where you didn't have to back them up when ever possible.

Awe, life on the farm, does it get any better than that?

 

I used to put up hay for an old timer back in high school. That guy could back two hay wagons into the barn on the first try every time. He knew how to pull up and line them up just right and just when to turn the wheel. I'm sure it was pretty much muscle memory after having done it for 50+ years on the same tractor....he sure made it look easy.