The little beast grew a stinger!!!
- Thread starter ckruse
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This is an electric sleeve hitch, sold on Ebay by a fellow named Jeff (Smiling Bob). I think it's going to be awesome for working up small food plots like this 32' x 10' spot I scratched out yesterday. Also, check out the bed rack my friend Vernie made me. It will be awesome for hauling wood. The matching paint cost just about as much as the tubing to make the rack! But you know, it's got to match! CKruse</p>
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michael n mississippi
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looks great ! the paint color used to match the bota is cheappppppppppppp. just use (machinery gray ) it will match perfect. it is a very common color. shhhhhhhhhhhhh kubota dont want you to tell anyone about this.</p>
looks great ! the paint color used to match the bota is cheappppppppppppp. just use (machinery gray ) it will match perfect. it is a very common color. shhhhhhhhhhhhh kubota dont want you to tell anyone about this.</p>
muleman RIP
Gone But Not Forgotten
Ckruse, how much did the plow and hitch setup cost?</p>
Uncle Doug
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Great add on. The cylinder is electric activated? Gives me an idea. I don't need a plow with a tractor out back but it would be nice to retro fit the electric cylinder to the dump bed. The cylinder mounts are already there.</p>
Here is a link to the electric sleeve hitch on Ebay. I bought mine direct (off auction). http://cgi.ebay.com/SLEEVE-HITCH-FOR-ATV-OR-UTV-GARDEN-TRACTOR_W0QQitemZ110436142717QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b681ce7d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14</p>
The cylinder is electric, and his YouTube video will show you how it works. You supply the switch and contactor (same as you use with a winch) I bought mine off of Ebay for about $30.00. </p>
The Brinly 10" moldboard plow can be picked up for anywhere from "get that thing out of my yard", to around $125.00 second hand. I paid$125.00 for the one you see, complete with the Coulter wheel. The next weekI found one 10 miles from home, and they gave it to me! They are still made by Brinly-Hardy Co. under their name and for Craftsman. The new stuff is kind of pricey. Brinly and Agri-Fab still make severalsleeve hitch implements. However, there are a lot of used items out there if you look. Plows, cultivators, discs, box scrapers, etc. I just acquired a brand new in the box Brinly cultivator for cheap from a local hardware/lumber company that had bought several on closeout. The sleeve hitch stuff dates back to the heyday of Cub Cadet, Case, Wheel Horse, Craftsman, etc. lawn tractors. Back when they were built to last, and a person did everything with them. Seems that now, they are just lawn mowers for the most part. </p>
Anyway, thanks for all the compliments. This setup is perfect for small strip foodplots that you can't get big equipment into. Plus, with the ability to pick the sleeve hitch implements up, you can run down, pick it up, turn around and come back without having to unhook or get stuck.It does limit ground clearance just a little, so if you have some terribly rugged terrain to cross, better to haul the sleeve hitch and the plow or other implement in the bed (strapped down) until you get to the spot to use them. Another awesome factor is that you can actually put a great deal of down pressure on an implement. I ran the plow deep enough once to stop me cold! The down pressure keeps one from having to add weight like cinder blocks etc. </p>
I will update when I go back over with the new cultivator to mix that lime in! Take a look at the results of proper PH on my food plot thread. Those lime screenings really work! CKruse</p>
The cylinder is electric, and his YouTube video will show you how it works. You supply the switch and contactor (same as you use with a winch) I bought mine off of Ebay for about $30.00. </p>
The Brinly 10" moldboard plow can be picked up for anywhere from "get that thing out of my yard", to around $125.00 second hand. I paid$125.00 for the one you see, complete with the Coulter wheel. The next weekI found one 10 miles from home, and they gave it to me! They are still made by Brinly-Hardy Co. under their name and for Craftsman. The new stuff is kind of pricey. Brinly and Agri-Fab still make severalsleeve hitch implements. However, there are a lot of used items out there if you look. Plows, cultivators, discs, box scrapers, etc. I just acquired a brand new in the box Brinly cultivator for cheap from a local hardware/lumber company that had bought several on closeout. The sleeve hitch stuff dates back to the heyday of Cub Cadet, Case, Wheel Horse, Craftsman, etc. lawn tractors. Back when they were built to last, and a person did everything with them. Seems that now, they are just lawn mowers for the most part. </p>
Anyway, thanks for all the compliments. This setup is perfect for small strip foodplots that you can't get big equipment into. Plus, with the ability to pick the sleeve hitch implements up, you can run down, pick it up, turn around and come back without having to unhook or get stuck.It does limit ground clearance just a little, so if you have some terribly rugged terrain to cross, better to haul the sleeve hitch and the plow or other implement in the bed (strapped down) until you get to the spot to use them. Another awesome factor is that you can actually put a great deal of down pressure on an implement. I ran the plow deep enough once to stop me cold! The down pressure keeps one from having to add weight like cinder blocks etc. </p>
I will update when I go back over with the new cultivator to mix that lime in! Take a look at the results of proper PH on my food plot thread. Those lime screenings really work! CKruse</p>