drawbar weight

[slurryboy]

Just a quick question what weight would you expect the tractor hitch to carry with an injector tanker?

 

[guest.]

about 3 to 4ton for traction id say.but when empty and it hanging off the back it could be lifting the hitch.

 

[Ó hÉidin]

pick up hitches in general are only rated to 3.5T

 

[slurryboy]

Confirmed what i thought then. Just been having a problem with ball hitch i bought for it , having looked into it in more detail turns out it is only rated to carry 1500kg

 

[Merv_B]

Are you having high rates of wear or something more sudden?

 

[tinman]

Confirmed what i thought then. Just been having a problem with ball hitch i bought for it , having looked into it in more detail turns out it is only rated to carry 1500kg

jesus, i often had more than that on the hitch of the jeep.

what clown sold you that?

 

[diesel power]

Someone was telling me that all tractor pickup hitches are only 3.5 tonnes and the drawbars are 1.5 tonnes.if that's true then I'm constantly over loading the hitches.

 

[JohnBoy]

jesus, i often had more than that on the hitch of the jeep.

what clown sold you that?

that's downforce, not pulling surely.

I know landcruisers are mighty yokes but 1500kg extra down on the hitch would break a share of stuff I'd imagine

most jeeps are rated to between 50 and 100kg of nose weight

 

[slurryboy]

Are you having high rates of wear or something more sudden?

No not wearing tractor side insert has started bending

 

[speedstar]

No not wearing tractor side insert has started bending

Any photos of the problem ?, No way should it do that.

 

[Arthur]

Confirmed what i thought then. Just been having a problem with ball hitch i bought for it , having looked into it in more detail turns out it is only rated to carry 1500kg

Presume you mean ball and spoon type coupling like this, http://www.dromone.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=11&Itemid=107, Don't know how true it is but I heard they are supposed to be rated for 4000kg .

 

[slurryboy]

not the best of pics but gives an idea

 

[speedstar]

what kind of hitch is on that tractor ? think you need to have a word with them

 

[tinman]

not the best of pics but gives an idea

is that the depth of the hitch frame , what looks like about 80mm odd?

 

[Merv_B]

Guessing it is 70x70.

 

[tinman]

Guessing it is 70x70.

its closer to it alright.

how did that sale go down slurry boy, did they know what it was going onto?

 

[slurryboy]

Taken a while to get back to this thread. But yes they were told what it was going on to. Have now been supplied with a replacement part that is suitable for the job. Now have been asked for the old part back been quoted over £65 to send via courier. Would I be responsible for that cost as it seems a bit steep to return a part that I should never have been sold in first place

 

[Jay Dee]

A lot of places have a "returned parts are subject to a handling charge" type thing in small print on the invoice.