You need lift pin bushings with the harbor freight quick attach. The problem with the harbor freight hitch is the lift pins on the hitch are undersized and not the 7/8 required. So with the smaller pins it's only Category 0 compliant and shouldn't be used on a tractor over 20 horsepower.
Hey Man ,great job on the ballast box. Do yourself a huge favor & ditch the H-r--r f-e-t- quick hitch, mine folded up in 5 minutes (very dangerous with that much weight especially) & get a good one. Happy safe Tractoring & thanks for the vidio.
Thanks Donald. Lately I have been doing a ton of front end loader work with the tractor and have had the ballast box on for about 10 weeks straight without any issues. Maybe you got a bad one.
With this quick hitch and several others on the market that is true and I have since purchased them and sleeved it up to a cat 3. The issue I have with this one is it is sold as a cat 1 but the bottom hooks are cat 3.
My goal was to make it compatible with my quick hitch which is 25 1/2” between the arms and 17” from the arms up to the top connection. Leaving a few inches from the steel to the edges and calculating the depth to accommodate the sq ft of concrete of I wanted for overall weight, I ended up with 30” wide x 25” tall x 14 1/2” deep.
But I should add that before I built the ballast box I had a big snowfall to plow and I mocked up a temporary solution with a wooden palette and the dry bags of Sakrete that I hooked to the three point hitch without any problems, so I knew I could lift it. Otherwise I would have had one for sale 😁
how did you figure out which tires to order to get that narrow stance? the kubota dealers around here just scratch their head when you ask them about making a B model narrower.
Everything on my compact tractor is stock. It is a Yanmar imported from Japan and was new circa 1980. That is the stock stance which is too narrow for my liking. It feels very tippy even on a slight grade which was one of the reasons for building the ballast box to help lower the center of gravity. Sorry but I cannot answer your question about Kubota B models.
@@Will-tm5bj you can make the stance of a tractor narrower. they make rims with different offsets and on a lot of rims you can flip them from one side of the tractor to the other for narrow vs wide stance. thats what i ended up doing on my kubota tractor.
You need lift pin bushings with the harbor freight quick attach. The problem with the harbor freight hitch is the lift pins on the hitch are undersized and not the 7/8 required. So with the smaller pins it's only Category 0 compliant and shouldn't be used on a tractor over 20 horsepower.
Hey Man ,great job on the ballast box. Do yourself a huge favor & ditch the H-r--r f-e-t- quick hitch, mine folded up in 5 minutes (very dangerous with that much weight especially) & get a good one. Happy safe Tractoring & thanks for the vidio.
Thanks Donald. Lately I have been doing a ton of front end loader work with the tractor and have had the ballast box on for about 10 weeks straight without any issues. Maybe you got a bad one.
you are supposed to use bushings when using a quick hitch
With this quick hitch and several others on the market that is true and I have since purchased them and sleeved it up to a cat 3. The issue I have with this one is it is sold as a cat 1 but the bottom hooks are cat 3.
Could you please provide the finished product dimensions? Just the size of the concrete block would be enough. Thanks
My goal was to make it compatible with my quick hitch which is 25 1/2” between the arms and 17” from the arms up to the top connection. Leaving a few inches from the steel to the edges and calculating the depth to accommodate the sq ft of concrete of I wanted for overall weight, I ended up with 30” wide x 25” tall x 14 1/2” deep.
What would happen if the box was too heavy for your tractor to lift?
The arms of the 3 point hitch simply would not lift, just like if you put too much weight on the front end loader it simply wont lift it.
But I should add that before I built the ballast box I had a big snowfall to plow and I mocked up a temporary solution with a wooden palette and the dry bags of Sakrete that I hooked to the three point hitch without any problems, so I knew I could lift it. Otherwise I would have had one for sale 😁
how did you figure out which tires to order to get that narrow stance? the kubota dealers around here just scratch their head when you ask them about making a B model narrower.
Everything on my compact tractor is stock. It is a Yanmar imported from Japan and was new circa 1980. That is the stock stance which is too narrow for my liking. It feels very tippy even on a slight grade which was one of the reasons for building the ballast box to help lower the center of gravity. Sorry but I cannot answer your question about Kubota B models.
@@duncanmacdonald3164 ah, got it. thanks for the reply. i was looking for a sidewalk snow blowing machine.
They make a narrow tractor
You cant make a model narrower, but you can buy the narrow tractor
@@Will-tm5bj you can make the stance of a tractor narrower. they make rims with different offsets and on a lot of rims you can flip them from one side of the tractor to the other for narrow vs wide stance. thats what i ended up doing on my kubota tractor.
Appears too heavy for your tractor. Weight plus arm length. Hope it works for you.
Nope. Been on the tractor for most of the past year.