More than once I wished to use my counterweight while towing, pulling or using my tractor as a dead weight. I decided yesterday to add a receiver for my car drawbars to my counterweight.
I simply made a 5/8" x 2" hole in the rear angle and welded a section of 2"x2" receiver square front to back with a hole in it for the pin. I also added flat bars as braces to create triangles in order to add strength from the 3 points arms to the center of the receiver. I know I will eventually pull on this thing enough to pull it with the tractor, I hope this will be strong enough!
Then I made a weird pin, it was a 5/8" bolt that I turned the head and kept only about 1/4 of. This allows the pin to rotate 180° to help remove it when it's stuck and still prevents it from going through the hole. In this pin I also drilled a hole on the side of the head
Then using a 1/8" spring pin I attached a 1/4" (IIRC) rod with a bend away from the pin as a handle. The counterweight being full of bricks I won't be able to access the pin! This gets installed to the counterweight walls in a way that I can lift it just enough and I can rotate it as I need. The first picture has a weird angle but consider the bent part being at the top of the counterweight. The 2 other pictures are the bottom.
I didn't take pictures of the completely re-assembled counterweight yet, I might come and add it eventually
I simply made a 5/8" x 2" hole in the rear angle and welded a section of 2"x2" receiver square front to back with a hole in it for the pin. I also added flat bars as braces to create triangles in order to add strength from the 3 points arms to the center of the receiver. I know I will eventually pull on this thing enough to pull it with the tractor, I hope this will be strong enough!
Then I made a weird pin, it was a 5/8" bolt that I turned the head and kept only about 1/4 of. This allows the pin to rotate 180° to help remove it when it's stuck and still prevents it from going through the hole. In this pin I also drilled a hole on the side of the head
Then using a 1/8" spring pin I attached a 1/4" (IIRC) rod with a bend away from the pin as a handle. The counterweight being full of bricks I won't be able to access the pin! This gets installed to the counterweight walls in a way that I can lift it just enough and I can rotate it as I need. The first picture has a weird angle but consider the bent part being at the top of the counterweight. The 2 other pictures are the bottom.
I didn't take pictures of the completely re-assembled counterweight yet, I might come and add it eventually