Sleeve Hitch accessories - 446 case/ingersoll

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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
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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 )
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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

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Swap out the 2" ball for an old bicycle carrier and add a small come along - Max becomes a make shift "yard" crane :thumbsup:
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Post by Eugen »

Great idea the yard crane, wish I had thought of it myself; before I got the loader I moved all attachments around the yard by pulling on them or with a 2 wheel furniture trolley.

You're lucky to find a package like that. I wanted all the attachments you have too, but it took a while and patience to get them. The versatility of these little tractors is amazing to me. You'll get a kick out of your tractor and attachment at your new place I'm sure! Thank you for the pictures, I enjoyed them!
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@RoamingGnome Good pictures! I build a similar hitch with some c-channel I had, but I can tell, yours is built better than mine! :thumbsup:
I’m looking forward to seeing your tractor getting the work done up at your home site! I’m sure it’s going to be handy with all the attachments that came in the package.

Now about your S.A.D. condition :rofl: Are those Suzuki trucks getting hard to find in your area? I can’t remember the last time I saw one down here.
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@Eugen Thanks for your comments... I'm hoping if I share some stories it will inspire me to get out there and finish fixing the little annoying things with Max before "Spring" actually gets here. - the Bike carrier was an ok fangle for moving some bulky stuff in the yard but I wanted to do better, so I purchased one of those "Mini Bed Mount Cranes" from Princess. I've got a receiver hitch mount almost finished for it - hoping to be able to use it on either Max or BluZuki (my Samurai up at the property)

@JSinMO The Suzuki Samurai is getting as rare as Hen's Teeth up here in the great white north - something about the excessive amounts of salt used on the roads in winter. :cuss: We bought our first one 30 yrs ago, and after a few trail rides bought a 2nd one so :wife: could have her own - she said I didn't share driving time very well. :whip: Over the years I acquired almost the complete set of different models but had to drag them to a friends farm near our property up north when City Bylaw got upset about the number of non-running vehicles in my backyard. The couple of sidekicks seen in the photo above are drive train donors and will go off to scrap once the engines have been pulled in the spring...
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BluZuki up at the property
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Hauling brush to the burn pile - (lots of storm damage last year...)

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We use to call them JJs . short for Japanese Jeeps . Fun little bush buggies .
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Back in the day one of the local rock stations had the "Rock and roll over weekend, brought to you by Suzuki Samurai" :rofl: Apparently they didn't corner well at speed on clover leafs ... :109:

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Those Suzuki’s were very popular here years ago. May still be one or two around.


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Gordy wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:19 pm Back in the day one of the local rock stations had the "Rock and roll over weekend, brought to you by Suzuki Samurai" :rofl: Apparently they didn't corner well at speed on clover leafs ... :109:

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The first generation were so narrow you could drive two side by side in the same lane like motor cycles do . But were stupid unstable at anything over city speed

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Post by Eugen »

I've often wondered what engines Suzuki used in cars and if they/re as reliable as the bike engines. I got a new Suzuki V-Strom in 2008. Took a risk and broke the engine in hard. It has about 30K kilometers (maybe 18k miles) which normally is quite much for motorcycles. This engine is perfect, does not burn a drop of oil, and it's as strong as it was new. The only thing I've done to it was change oil and filter, and once the brake pads. When I lived in Toronto I rode it to work pretty much everyday, except when the snow and ice came. This was not an isolated experience, this engine has a world wide following. Perhaps something like this explains the Samurai enthusiasts club?
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I allways got a kick out of the Suzuki commercial where the older fella is taking people for a cruise through the swamp in the 4x4. Ayyieee. Hehe.

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