I justn took delivery of my new 2014 kubota 2370 4 wheel drive model. I purchased a 3 point hitch from omni manufacturing to pull my trailers around the 5 acers we have. the only problem i noticed is that when going down a hill or slope the trailers push the 3 point hitch side ways into the tires as i turn unless i keep it directly centered behind me. The trailer is empty & i can imagine if it were loaded with fire wood from the field it would be a chore to control the trailer in this way. is ther some kind of stabilizer i need to install to hold the 3 point hitch steady? This is my first tractor & i want to learn to operate it properly & safely!
3 Point hitch question
- Thread starter bryanc1
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There is someone here that builds telescopic stabilizers, from what i have read they are a wonderful thing. Just do a search and it should come up.
On both lifting arms you will find either a chain or turn buckle. Turning the turnbuckles will either make the arm swing wider or tighten it up so it will not swing out so far. This will limit the amount of side to side movement on your 3point implement and keep it out of the wheels/tires. A word of caution here, DO NOT TIGHTEN THEM UP SO TIGHT THAT THERE IS NO MOVEMENT ON THE HITCH,, too tight and you will wind up replacing things you don't want to replace. Remember the 3 point is not like hookin your trailer to the hitch on your truck it is not designed to be solid, there has got to be some play back there. SO just tighten them up a bit at a time until you don't get the hitch swinging in to the tires. And your dealer should have gone over this with you when they dropped it off. And look in your book that came with it someplace around page 28 it shows about the 3 point set up. And then go play have fun and smile cause your living the dream with your orange tractor 
And welcome, remember this is a very visual group here we lovsssssssss tractor porn,,lol
You just have to play with it a bit,,, OH and your not the first to have stuff hitting the tires,, don't ask,,,
And welcome, remember this is a very visual group here we lovsssssssss tractor porn,,lol
You just have to play with it a bit,,, OH and your not the first to have stuff hitting the tires,, don't ask,,,
Burt
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L3700SU, box blade, 6 foot rhino blade, 1 bottom plow, 3 point receiver hitch.
bryanc1,
Look up Hodge on this site. He makes telescoping arms that are movable and stable. I had the same problem as you do and it is good that you noticed it early on. The Hodge stabilizers also make hook up much easier than the turnbuckles.
Another consideration for you is Pat's quick hitch. These are an extension for your lower 3 point arms that make hooking up an implement much easier. My wife can now use ours to hook up and remove the implements by herself. This is much easier than 2 or 3 people wrestling with a San Angelo bar, sledges and it takes much less time.
Burt
http://stabilworks.com/
As previously mentioned. These are made by Hodge on this site. I have them on my BX25D which is a beefed up BX23.. They are awesome. Keeps the 3pt from swinging and easily change in seconds. I also have pics in my profile. I also us Pat's quick hitch which works good. I went with Pats mainly because my rear implements are different widths. There are other kinds too, depending on what you need.
As previously mentioned. These are made by Hodge on this site. I have them on my BX25D which is a beefed up BX23.. They are awesome. Keeps the 3pt from swinging and easily change in seconds. I also have pics in my profile. I also us Pat's quick hitch which works good. I went with Pats mainly because my rear implements are different widths. There are other kinds too, depending on what you need.
Russell King
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L185F, Modern Ag Competitor 4’ shredder, Rhino tiller, rear dirt scoop
THERE IS NO DOWN FORCE ON THE HITCH POINT USING THE 3 POINT LIFT ARMS!
Try this experiment - take the trailer off the hitch. Grab the ball area of the hitch and you should be able to lift it several inches to a foot until something hits somewhere on the tractor.
Therefore, you also need to worry about 2 wheel trailers being hooked onto the 3 PH and being loaded behind the wheels or going up and over the crests of hills.
These things should not be used to pull 2 wheel trailers that are loaded (without restraint of some type), they are to move trailers place to place on flat ground.
Some of them do have a chain to limit the upward travel by connecting it to the rigid drawbar of the tractor. Which is really what you should be using for the trailer if you want to use it.
Please be careful.
Try this experiment - take the trailer off the hitch. Grab the ball area of the hitch and you should be able to lift it several inches to a foot until something hits somewhere on the tractor.
Therefore, you also need to worry about 2 wheel trailers being hooked onto the 3 PH and being loaded behind the wheels or going up and over the crests of hills.
These things should not be used to pull 2 wheel trailers that are loaded (without restraint of some type), they are to move trailers place to place on flat ground.
Some of them do have a chain to limit the upward travel by connecting it to the rigid drawbar of the tractor. Which is really what you should be using for the trailer if you want to use it.
Please be careful.
I have read all of your suggestions & did some follow up reading in my manuals as suggested. I adjusted the turnbuckles as suggested & left some slack in them so the 3pthitch could swing a little & walla- it does not hit the tires any more when moving the empty trailer around! I have decided to fab up a drawbar extension to replace the original drawbar bolted onto the frame under the axel. I will weld a standard trailer receiver onto a piece of 30# channel which is 3/8" wall & bolt it to the frame under the axel where the original draw bar was bolted. I can use the same bolts & the metal strength of the channel to support the extended length of the drawbar should be more than enough to handel the trailer loaded with wood rather than using the 3pt hitch to move a fully loaded trailer.I will of course prime & paint it kubota orange! Thank you all for all of your help & suggestions! Roll on Big Orange!
Russell has it right on the 3PH having no downforce. Not many new tractor owners know this and it is not emphasized in any manual that I've seen. There is a general assumption that the 3PH has downforce when viewing an implement digging into the ground on contact (plow, disc, box blade, blade, etc.). There are kits to make a post hole digger have downforce but that is another topic.
Using the 3PH to hook up trailers is extra convenient since you don't have to get off the tractor for simple moving jobs. Anything slightly complex and the 3PH needs to be chained down and the ball locked on.
Quite a few retailers sell bumper hitch receiver tubes that can be bolted on to the frame. There may be drilling or welding necessary to get things all lined up.
Here is a selection from Amazon to give you the idea. They have more expensive and heavier duty ones as well. Harbor Freight also sells them.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_11?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=step%20bumper%20receiver&sprefix=step+bumper%2Ctools%2C108
Edit: Forgot to add that I have the turnbuckle replacement arms from Hodge on my BX2200. They are similar to the OEM arms on larger tractors (like the M7040) and work quite well. Also, Pat's Quick Connect system is on all my tractors (except the backhoe!).
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