Tankman 3,523 #1 Posted June 17, 2014 Thinking 'bout making a three point hitch for my '90 520-8. Anyone have drawings? Any pic's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seuadr 489 #2 Posted June 17, 2014 No pics, no setup to share, but a mod here (stevebo?) Has some of one he made up. Been thinking about this myself on the hydro 520.. thinking a bracket to the axlr could easily be the bottom two arms but not sure how to rig the lift except possibly something a lot like the slot hitch or using one of those ebay ball hitch adapters with an actuator attached to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebo-(Moderator) 8,534 #3 Posted June 17, 2014 Our set up would not work on the manual lift. If I were you and making just one I would fab up a plate that mounts to the read transaxle and use a linear actuator. Similar to the set ups found on Case garden tractors. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandonozz 168 #4 Posted June 17, 2014 I'm currently trying to work thru building a 3 pt with receiver hitch for my C 165. I'm using some parts I had from a doner D and a u-haul hitch. It's a work in progress and may be for a while as I find time to work on it. I started with the ford/u-haul receiver and then cut it up a bit. After that, I trimmed off all that needed to go and then welded it up. I see that Stevebo has his setup quite compact and was able to get everything under the seat pan from what I can tell. The arm mounting brackets from the D are about 18" tall so I extended my arm mounts back far enough to just clear the fender and tank. I'm sure that will require me adding weight to the front of the tractor so I can pick up a decent load. At this point I'm going to weld some heavy angle vertically to just clear the seat pan. To that, I'm going to mount the lift arm brakets from the D. I plan on using hydraulics for the lift with some more parts from the D donor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
