Sleeve Hitch accessories - 446 case/ingersoll
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:44 pm
A quiet winter evening, spent at the computer instead of in the tent garage working on Max (aka my 446)
We bought Max last summer as a pkg deal with almost all the common attachments you could get for it - came with - snowcaster, blade, mower deck, rototiller, Brinly single bottom plow and a cultivator... first extra attachment we purchased was a 38" box blade/scraper from Princess. It needed some improvements out of the box, (but that's another story)
The 446 is intended to be used up north on our wooded 10 acre property. We are going to build a home up there this summer... once major construction is done there will be firewood to haul, a garden plot to make and lots of trails to run through the forest. Most of the attachments went to the property last summer as they were cleaned up and refurbished, I kept the blade and the snowcaster back, hoping to use them this winter - last summer I wanted to use the tractor for moving stuff around the yard so I fabricated a 2" receiver tube adapter for the sleeve hitch...
2" receiver tube adapter from Princess Auto - welded to a section of square tube with one side cut out to make it a "C" section
It works great for moving the utility trailer around the yard ( yes I do have another "hoarding" problem, but it's just SAD - Suzuki Acquisition Disorder )
Kind of gives an idea of the crazy hill - 10' grade difference between backyard and street level - not a problem in the summertime, but covered with snow and ice it's a bit of a challenge for the 446
Swap out the 2" ball for an old bicycle carrier and add a small come along - Max becomes a make shift "yard" crane
We bought Max last summer as a pkg deal with almost all the common attachments you could get for it - came with - snowcaster, blade, mower deck, rototiller, Brinly single bottom plow and a cultivator... first extra attachment we purchased was a 38" box blade/scraper from Princess. It needed some improvements out of the box, (but that's another story)
The 446 is intended to be used up north on our wooded 10 acre property. We are going to build a home up there this summer... once major construction is done there will be firewood to haul, a garden plot to make and lots of trails to run through the forest. Most of the attachments went to the property last summer as they were cleaned up and refurbished, I kept the blade and the snowcaster back, hoping to use them this winter - last summer I wanted to use the tractor for moving stuff around the yard so I fabricated a 2" receiver tube adapter for the sleeve hitch...
2" receiver tube adapter from Princess Auto - welded to a section of square tube with one side cut out to make it a "C" section
It works great for moving the utility trailer around the yard ( yes I do have another "hoarding" problem, but it's just SAD - Suzuki Acquisition Disorder )
Kind of gives an idea of the crazy hill - 10' grade difference between backyard and street level - not a problem in the summertime, but covered with snow and ice it's a bit of a challenge for the 446
Swap out the 2" ball for an old bicycle carrier and add a small come along - Max becomes a make shift "yard" crane