Very cool project!! I like the well thought out modifications and improvements such as the bearings!:beerchug:

Please keep us posted!!:beerchug::beerchug::popcorn::popcorn::

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Yea, I'm hopeful that it will all work out, I'm just building it from mild steel at the moment while I get the kinks worked out, eventually I will have another one cnc cut and built from tougher steel, but that's down the fence line


Thanks Jay!

I wanted a hitch that one thing isn't sacrificed for another, along with a few "tractor like" features so I can use my gts for more.

Seems that I only hit this project once every 3 months or so, but here's a lil progress on the hitch for now. Cut and bent the rear plate, then drilled a total of 12 mounting holes. Then drilled and tapped 4 out of the 6 holes on the one side. Still have to weld the flat bar on the other cheek.

Just a side note, the next one won't be built by hand like this one. Going to find somebody that can CNC this stuff... just cant get the perfection and timleyness of a water jet or lazer. Keith bent the he'll out of his xmw re-pop a month ago, and he's been nagging me ever since to get this built cuz he wants one for his 2182 and 782. The other part of the deal is once I get the hitch and part of the Hydraulics done it gets to go live at his shop for a while. And since I'm tired of it being in my way it's extra motivation to get this completed.

Wow, that is gonna be strong enough to pull stumps and the rest of the world!!!:beerchug::clap::clap:

Just a side note, the next one won't be built by hand like this one. Going to find somebody that can CNC this stuff... just cant get the perfection and timleyness of a water jet or lazer. Keith bent the he'll out of his xmw re-pop a month ago, and he's been nagging me ever since to get this built cuz he wants one for his 2182 and 782. The other part of the deal is once I get the hitch and part of the Hydraulics done it gets to go live at his shop for a while. And since I'm tired of it being in my way it's extra motivation to get this completed.[/QUOTE]

PM me. Stop doing that stuff by hand. We aren’t savages. :biggrin2: