Re: Pictures or Measurements of Fast Hitch Carrier

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 04, 2006 at 01:51:44 from (216.208.58.106):

In Reply to: Pictures or Measurements of Fast Hitch Carrier.... posted by migraine on March 03, 2006 at 21:57:42:

Migraine: I've been around a few of these, never owned one but several of my neighbors did. As I recall most of them came new less the wood, and farmers built the actual platform, which could vary somewhat. I would judge most of the ones I've seen to be 60" to 72" wide and extending back about 36" from hitch point. I have seen the ocasional platform 84" wide.

My dad had a couple of these he built from scratch to fit H and Cub with standard U type drawbars. He used these mainly for putting his can milk out by the road for the truck to pick up. I can tell you two qualities they must have; sized to match the tractor and never build it wider than tractor. The one we had on Cub was too large at 60" wide by 36" deep. 36" just puts weight too far back for a Cub. The one we had on the H was 72" wide and 42" deep, and the H handled that fine as long as the front end loader was on the tractor.

The reason I say don't build it too wide, a lot of folks have turned too quickly after driving through a gate, by a car or pickup, near a fence, etc. If I were building one it would be 6" less than width of tractor.

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• Re: Pictures or Measurements of Fast Hitch Carrier migraine 07:43:09 03/04/06 (1)
  • Re: Pictures or Measurements of Fast Hitch Carrier Hugh MacKay 08:56:03 03/04/06 (0)

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