flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Nice!!
Which to choose? Compact utility tractor VS Mini Skid VS Gehl
- Thread starter Geoff T
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Nice job!
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Thanks!
Chris Schultz
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- Minturn
Do you have a hitch plate style attachment for moving the trailer? Or do you just use the grapple/safety chains?
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Hitch plate for the win!
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
BMGs have a receiver that mounted inside the grapple tube and is stabilized by the grapple tines, fwiw.
I have a receiver plate for heavier/ rough ground trailering as my chipper has very little tongue weight. Tows fine down the road, but if the tongue is up 20⁰ from horizontal, it's tippy, upwards.
I have a receiver plate for heavier/ rough ground trailering as my chipper has very little tongue weight. Tows fine down the road, but if the tongue is up 20⁰ from horizontal, it's tippy, upwards.
Serf Life
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- Maine Island
Mine was toasted very early on. Metal was silly soft! Hitch plates are less than $150 and well worth it.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
You have a heavy chipper, I believe. Mine is 4400#.
I forget if weld was added to the hitch pin hole due to 'wallering' out.
Someone did something like that for mine.
Easier to install and pack the L-receiver than the plate. Both have their places!
I forget if weld was added to the hitch pin hole due to 'wallering' out.
Someone did something like that for mine.
Easier to install and pack the L-receiver than the plate. Both have their places!
evo
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- My Island, WA
Best to drill the hole oversized and weld in some appropriate sized ID black pipe.
The steel used for BMG is crazy soft, it’s a pain to take the grapple on/off just to move a trailer but 100% easier on everything (including turf) to use a hitch plate adapter. They are like $100 (at least when I bought mine).
The steel used for BMG is crazy soft, it’s a pain to take the grapple on/off just to move a trailer but 100% easier on everything (including turf) to use a hitch plate adapter. They are like $100 (at least when I bought mine).
Jehinten
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- Evansville
In terms of towing, im certain a dedicated towing adapter would be great, except for finding a storage spot for all of the times you're not using it. I've never had one.
I use the BMG adapter. Over the years it's gotten a couple of modifications. Firstly, I noticed the square tubing starting to fail at the "L" I welded a flat steel cap on the end to reinforce it. Next the adapter was getting hard to slide up the tube on the grapple for installing. I originally thought the round pipe was getting egg shaped, it turns out that the bottom of the grapple was rolling in, likely due to using the BMG rake. I cut about a 1/4" off of the front of the tube and welded a small piece of scraficial steel to the front for the rake to damage. Easy to install now. Last mod was the pin holes themselves, I thought to install the black steel pipe as @evo suggested but instead I just welded the egg shaped holes in a little and drilled them back out. The hardened weld has held up well.
It's taken a couple of mods/repairs to get there, but it works well, lightweight, compact and you don't have to take the grapple off. I use the adapter mostly for a 16' enclosed trailer and 16' dump trailer.
I use the BMG adapter. Over the years it's gotten a couple of modifications. Firstly, I noticed the square tubing starting to fail at the "L" I welded a flat steel cap on the end to reinforce it. Next the adapter was getting hard to slide up the tube on the grapple for installing. I originally thought the round pipe was getting egg shaped, it turns out that the bottom of the grapple was rolling in, likely due to using the BMG rake. I cut about a 1/4" off of the front of the tube and welded a small piece of scraficial steel to the front for the rake to damage. Easy to install now. Last mod was the pin holes themselves, I thought to install the black steel pipe as @evo suggested but instead I just welded the egg shaped holes in a little and drilled them back out. The hardened weld has held up well.
It's taken a couple of mods/repairs to get there, but it works well, lightweight, compact and you don't have to take the grapple off. I use the adapter mostly for a 16' enclosed trailer and 16' dump trailer.
