Rob
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B6000DT / B7100DP /B8200DT/L225/Globe PTO Chipper/Lewis Backhoe/huxley TR66
Well then, as a follow-onfrom my other thread i decided to fabricate a front reciever hitch myself to fit my trusty B7100.
Having seen the pics put up on the forum i was impressed by the potential of such a setup, and the ease in the attachment could be interchanged.
My intial use is for a new winch, so i started working on an idea.
I wanted to keep the overall dimesions and footprint as compact as possible ,but, still retain a strong basis for the hitch and future fitments.
I didnt really want to start buying more expensive steel plate so had a search through the shed and found an old john deere crawler rear hitch assembly , and ,it was made from nice thick qualitysteel plate, i think its about 12mm.
so then after a fair bit cutting etc i had enough pieces suitable for the plan in mind.
the result is in the pics below, and it has worked out really well for my application.It integrates well on the front of the chassis and the position of the winch does not hinder the openening of the bonnet, if anything it strenghtens the front end a fair bit i think,
It'snot a brilliant job to be honest , but it serves the purpose i have in mind, see what you think and any feedback on improving it would be good.
rob
Having seen the pics put up on the forum i was impressed by the potential of such a setup, and the ease in the attachment could be interchanged.
My intial use is for a new winch, so i started working on an idea.
I wanted to keep the overall dimesions and footprint as compact as possible ,but, still retain a strong basis for the hitch and future fitments.
I didnt really want to start buying more expensive steel plate so had a search through the shed and found an old john deere crawler rear hitch assembly , and ,it was made from nice thick qualitysteel plate, i think its about 12mm.
so then after a fair bit cutting etc i had enough pieces suitable for the plan in mind.
the result is in the pics below, and it has worked out really well for my application.It integrates well on the front of the chassis and the position of the winch does not hinder the openening of the bonnet, if anything it strenghtens the front end a fair bit i think,
It'snot a brilliant job to be honest , but it serves the purpose i have in mind, see what you think and any feedback on improving it would be good.
rob
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