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Sleeve hitch to 2" receiver

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5.1K views 24 replies 8 participants last post by  larrybl  
#1 ·
Why does no one make these? I know Heavy Hitch does but they're not available in Canada. How else do people move trailers with their sleeve hitches? Not everyone has a welder. I guess sleeve hitches just aren't popular enough
I could swear I saw one on amazon a couple days ago and now nothing.
Anyway this is more of a rant than anything
 
#3 ·
I hear ya. I ended up just ordering the heavy hitch. The big drawback on this setup is that the ball is a bit too far back. I dont move my boat too much or too far, so I am not that worried.
 
#5 ·
Johnny Products has what you are looking for also has a Multi-Tongue hitch for the ball type & pin type.
Go to:


Look under the power sleeve hitch accessories.
 
#9 ·
It's not precisely what you're asking, I admit. But I have a sleeve hitch, and move my trailer around.

I have the trailer ball bolted through the sleeve hitch frame. My sleeve hitch arms come off easily, you just remove a few clevis pins. So when I have to move the trailer, I remove the arms, and use the ball. The silver piece also lets me use small towed implements, like the aerator.

With that said, I may still make something to give me a receiver, or at least a trailer ball, attached to the sleeve hitch.
 

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#10 ·
Ya I could do that. But I'd prefer being able to raise/lower it. And to switch between a bad and a class zero hole. My hitch isn't as easy to remove either. And a ball uses a 3/4" bolt where a class zero hole uses a 5/8" hole so it'll be sloppy after you drill it out to 3/4
 
#11 ·
That makes sense. Though just to mention it, you can buy ATV trailer balls, which have a 5/8" shank. That's what I used on this one, and my last tractor, for mounting a ball.

An example:
https://www.amazon.com/Curt-Manufacturing-40097-Tractor-Chrome-Plated/dp/B07FCTZ6SL

Also, there are things like this, for putting a receiver on an ATV. It might be an easy way to add a receiver, for a setup where the sleeve hitch arms could come off easily, or maybe swing up out of the way. I realize it still doesn't really do what you're asking. But it still seems worth knowing about, or maybe it can help someone else.

ATV Hitch Adapter
 
#13 ·
That's a bummer, sorry. I have a similar situation with my silver attachment piece. I cranked down the bolt as much as I dared, which helped, but yeah, it will still get pulled/pushed to the side sometimes.

Maybe you could add a smaller, offset bolt hole, and put one through that, to help prevent rotation? That solution is simpler with a welder, but unfortunately that doesn't help here.

If you have a grinder, you might be able to grind away some of the underside of the adapter, to give it a lip that would maybe sit at the edge of the tractor's frame? That might help prevent rotation. Or you could try to epoxy a piece of steel under the adapter, to accomplish the same thing. With enough surface area, the epoxy could be pretty strong.
 
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That's a bummer, sorry. I have a similar situation with my silver attachment piece. I cranked down the bolt as much as I dared, which helped, but yeah, it will still get pulled/pushed to the side sometimes.

Maybe you could add a smaller, offset bolt hole, and put one through that, to help prevent rotation? That solution is simpler with a welder, but unfortunately that doesn't help here.

If you have a grinder, you might be able to grind away some of the underside of the adapter, to give it a lip that would maybe sit at the edge of the tractor's frame? That might help prevent rotation. Or you could try to epoxy a piece of steel under the adapter, to accomplish the same thing. With enough surface area, the epoxy could be pretty strong.
I got that hitch a couple years ago for my quad and had the same problem. I first welded a bent plate to go around the front of the hitch and that helped some. Then I drilled 5/16" hole and used a bolt. This did the trick. I can't use it if I have my front blade on as that's where the blade attaches.
For the sleeve hitch yoke it doesn't really matter how deep it is but the closer to the hitch size the better IMHO.
 

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For anyone that does have a sleeve hitch and attachments that bolt to it. If you don't mind how much oversize is it compared to the hitch bar? The specs that I've looked at for one of the available units shows it as 3.75 in inside dimensions. But I just measured my sleeve hitch and including the little raised rings at each hole I'm measuring 3 and 3/8 of an inch. So that will put the adapter at 3/8 of an inch overall larger than the square stock that the hitch is made from. I'm just wondering if that's going to cause a very wiggly attachment. Thanks
 
#16 ·
I just made a weight box to attach to my sleeve hitch. The sleeve adapter that I made is about 3 5/8" across the inside surfaces. I think my sleeve hitch itself measured a little under 3.5"? They're loaded and connected at the moment, so I can't get in there to get better measurements.

I believe my cultivator was around 3.75" across the inside surfaces.

So far, it seems to me that a little extra length is probably not a big deal. Most items would be pushing down on the hitch area, I would think, rather than alternating between pushing down and lifting up. So that extra vertical play or slop would rarely result in actual movement. If it was a problem, you could probably stack up some washers, etc, to help take up some of that space.
 

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#17 ·
I think that's one of those situations that I should have put more thought into before hitting "post reply." It's only 3/16” in total difference. I'm usually quite precise in my measurements when making something but in this situation I think it'll be fine.
I'm curious what is the weight box for? Counter weight for a loader?
 
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I'm curious what is the weight box for? Counter weight for a loader?
Pretty much. It's not a real loader, just a dump bucket, sort of like a Johnny Bucket JR. But yeah, it's to compensate for the weight hanging off the front. Both for traction, and also for safety (to reduce the risk of the rear wheels coming off the ground).
 

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#23 ·
I have a 2" and 1-7/8 ball for moving trailers, and a 2" Heavy hitch receiver so to use other attachments.
 

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#25 ·
Made them, Just cut the thread shank off the ball and sand flat. Get a pin like this from Tractor Supply and cut the D-ring off on the D-ring side and weld together.
 

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