Heavy Duty Front Hitch

[CRE1992 143]

Hello all, I’ve taken quite a long hiatus from owning one of these spectacular red machines. Hopefully I’ll be back stateside sometime next week, then I’ll be purchasing a 95’ 314H that I currently have a deposit on. Before I go cutting up the mule drive to turn it into a hitch of some sort, (doesn’t come with a mower deck) either a pintle, or a 2” ball. Has anyone built a hitch that attaches on the front? It doesn’t have to support much tongue weight as it will only be support a tow bar. I am looking to move my plane into the hangar with a tow bar. Please post photos of what you have. 
 

Thanks!

[Ed Kennell 43,293]

 

I mounted the receiver on the left side of my 312H.    I can still use the mule drive and deck and fully open the hood.    Best of all, I can see the ball when lining up to the trailer hitch.

[SylvanLakeWH 29,451]

Here's mine...

Made out of a mule drive... pops on and off quick.

 

[Chaz54 92]

Here are a couple of threads from previous posts:

 

 

 

[stevasaurus 23,487]

This front hitch is built a little different, but it is strong, comes right off and works great.

 

 

 

[CRE1992 143]

23 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

This front hitch is built a little different, but it is strong, comes right off and works great.

 

 

 

 

Nice design, looks heavy duty! I might have to copy this one. 

[ri702bill 10,211]

Steve - it looks complicated, but it is nice that it ties into both the front and mid mounting points.

Is it user friendly or a PITA to attach?? Can you mount one end then swing the other up or do you have to do both at the same time??

[kpinnc 15,897]

34 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

Can you mount one end then swing the other up or do you have to do both at the same time??

 

Mine is not as refined, but attaches in the belly first and the front swings up and locks. Definitely better attaching in both places if for some reason the trailer is lighter at the nose. 

 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by kpinnc

[ri702bill 10,211]

My "adorable" front hitch was designed to be simple to attach - leaving the cutting deck in place and just switch the mule drive out and cut grass. That was important to me...

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by ri702bill

[Bill D 2,391]

22 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

Mine is not as refined, but attaches in the belly first and the front swings up and locks. Definitely better attaching in both places if for some reason the trailer is lighter at the nose. 

 

 

 

Any pictures of it off the tractor?  Thanks.

[Ed Kennell 43,293]

 

Deck and mule drive stays in place with mine.

[ri702bill 10,211]

49 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

Deck and mule drive stays in place with mine.

Like chocolate and vanilla? Or... crabs & crawdads??

Excellent adaptation for light duty usage with great line-up visibility

If it were any easier, you could just whistle, and the coupler of the splitter would jump on to the hitch by itself!! 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by ri702bill

[Lee1977 7,411]

[peter lena 9,491]

@CRE1992  , all responders ,  what is going on ?  making up stuff ? adapting to a  consistent problem , heim joints ,  easy  hook up and removal ?  personally  love it , imagine  thing out a recovery  set up for  problem , pete  

[lynnmor 8,135]

Here is the answer for moving a plane:

 

Here is one thread about the air horse.

[CRE1992 143]

2 hours ago, lynnmor said:

Here is the answer for moving a plane:

 

Here is one thread about the air horse.

i’m familiar with them. They go for mucho dinero when they come up for sale. They also take up quite a bit of room. 

Edited 2 hours ago by CRE1992
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[ineedanother 1,752]

I put this one together for my crane in just a few hours with a section of an old frame that had a fractured F-bracket. Similar to the others shown, attach to the mid-tach and lift to latch in front. I think I'm going to make another one with a rack for weights now that I'm thinking about it again. 

[kpinnc 15,897]

10 hours ago, Bill D said:

Any pictures of it off the tractor?  Thanks.

 

Mine has some extra stuff up front because I made it to work with a front mower. But you get the idea.