tow hitch for U900?

[_tc]

Hi all, just nipped home for a coffe but had a call this morning offering me 3 -4 weeks solid work for me and my Mog. i normally do this and they just want me to chip but now they want me to tow their Botex timber trailer around onsite. i dont have a hitch on my mog and was wondering what the cheapest most straight forward way of getting one on there would be.

 

Atkinson Vos have a MB trac linkage in their clearance section which might work but im happy with a fixed hitch just to keep the cost down. i dont intend to tow on the road, she is slow enough already.

 

I will be back later and hope to have some ideas as to what i can do.

Thank you all.

Ed.

 

pa i have the 'banana box' on the rear for the pto so it would have to go below this.

 

Pictures would be a great help too.

[garth mc garth]

there is a u900 pick up hitch on fleabay at moment for 250 notes

[tommer9]

Loo in the classifieds. SWB has a rockinger hitch unused for sale.

[RichardT]

Completely different back end on MB Tracs (as you can see on the pics of the one they appear to have taken this one off...) so you'd have a fair bit of fabrication to do. The Ebay PUH still needs the 3PL lift arms. Does your machine have lift arm brackets on the axle, and/or the 3 hole implement brackets outboard of the pto shaft? If so a simple fixed hitch could be fairly easily made up & attached there. Fun getting the trailer on & off though.

[Buzz]

You need a pick up hitch really, a rockinger hitch will carry a Botex far to high that's if you can even get it in there.

 

I had a fixed tow hitch from Atkinson Vos but it was a royal PITA to fit. We then used a high lift jack to mate up that trailers with the hitch which worked a treat.

 

The fixed to hitch is about 400.00 and is really your best option IMO.

[Buzz]

Completely different back end on MB Tracs (as you can see on the pics of the one they appear to have taken this one off...) so you'd have a fair bit of fabrication to do. The Ebay PUH still needs the 3PL lift arms. Does your machine have lift arm brackets on the axle, and/or the 3 hole implement brackets outboard of the pto shaft? If so a simple fixed hitch could be fairly easily made up & attached there. Fun getting the trailer on & off though.

 

You'll need a fixed hitch (which is the cheapest option) braced back to the chasiss. Do not attempt to drag a timber trailer around with just a hitch mounted on the implemet bracket as you'll break something in a big way.

[_tc]

ok thats good work. i am going over to the yard where thsi trailer is and will see what the whole setup looks like.

I will try and get a fixed hitch as i really dont tow much and if i do i would probably get a newer/larger mog. I have a tractor/highlift jack so for the odd occasion i can faff around with that.

 

oh those with u900's, do you tow much, if so do you need the splitter box? mine seems reluctant to engage and i dont want to jam anything in the box. I just use 3,4,5 and 6 and 2nd for reverse. will this do?

[Topcat]

had a 900 and we fitted a fixed draw bar from a David Brown tractor. Takes 2 mins to fit.Had to be careful pulling 2 wheeled farm type trailers,all the weight ends up on the mog back end.Never liked more than 4 ton on trailer or mog was doing wheelies and went down the road like a snake. Now have a rockinger and muller trailer and can pull 10 ton wit U1000 no probs. If old hitch is any good to you,pm me.

[niftysteve]

there is a u900 pick up hitch on fleabay at moment for 250 notes

 

thats a mate of mine selling that

[niftysteve]

thats a mate of mine selling that

 

Mercedes Unimog U900 406 Pick up hitch on eBay (end time 16-Aug-09 17:00:09 BST)