JDgreen
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My tractor has only one provision to hook up a conventional utility trailer, and that is by using a drawbar that fits into a sleeve located under rear differential case. The flat factory drawbar is much too short, too low, and using a hitch ball on it means the tractor 3 point lift arms contact my utility trailer jack.
Last year I was at a garage sale, and purchased an old curved drawbar for $5, and I had an old 2 inch hitch bar, I drilled a pair of half inch holes thru the hitch bar to line up with the existing holes in the drawbar, then sanded, primed, and painted both parts. The pictures show the finished hitch bar, with it installed, my utility trailer can be towed level, and the tongue jack doesn't contact the lift arms. I thought about having the assembly welded, but I had the bolts to attach them together. and I am a cheapskate at heart.
Last year I was at a garage sale, and purchased an old curved drawbar for $5, and I had an old 2 inch hitch bar, I drilled a pair of half inch holes thru the hitch bar to line up with the existing holes in the drawbar, then sanded, primed, and painted both parts. The pictures show the finished hitch bar, with it installed, my utility trailer can be towed level, and the tongue jack doesn't contact the lift arms. I thought about having the assembly welded, but I had the bolts to attach them together. and I am a cheapskate at heart.