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swisstool
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 Posted - 01/01/2012 : 16:01:12
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| Does anyone have a ezrake thatcher that they have detailed pictures of the hitch for it? I have one that either has part of the hitch missing or it was made for another brand of tractor |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 01/01/2012 : 17:51:12
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Hey Swiss, I can get you all the pics and dimensions you need, if we're talking about a B-series hitch.
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swisstool
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2012 : 19:58:43
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| Thanks taintedmrgreen, If you look at the picture you posted of the off white ezrakes, you can see that the hitch mounted to an angle iron bracket on the front vertical edge of the housing. In the picture of the one that I have, the hitch mounts to pieces of angle iron on the top side of the housing. Does anyone know which one is the earlier model and which the later? And it appears that the pulley and belt guard on the red one I have is bigger diameter than the pulleys on the ones pictured by you. Any clues why? |
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swisstool
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2012 : 20:05:34
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I had trouble loading this pic. Had to rename it.
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2012 : 21:56:07
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| Hmmm....I know that E-Z Rake made various hitches to accommodate different tractor brands and models. I'm guessing the pulley varied too, depending on the tractor's PTO pulley size, etc. What model do you mount yours to? I've seen Bolens and Deere mounts on these as well the Simplicity/Allis. It's tough finding info on them. I'll grab a few more pics of my hitch...don't have a pulley guard (yet) =] |
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swisstool
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2012 : 00:08:27
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| I had mine on a B212 and I made those grey brackets so it would hook to the front pins not the rear ones where the mower hooks. I thought it must have been made for another tractor. I wanted to see pictures of the hitch on yours and find out what diameter the pulley was on yours. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2012 : 07:31:59
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Here's some better pics of the B-series hitch...my pulley is 6".
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swisstool
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2012 : 20:44:48
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| Thanks Josh for taking those extra pics. I just found this topic again after all this time. I don't know how to find a topic I participated in quickly. Back when it was active I would just hit active topics and find it that way. Anyways, my pulley is 6 inches also. But my rake is definitely a different year than yours. Mine is like the one that is black in the first pictures posted. I sent him a private message to ask for more pics but never heard back. |
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swisstool
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2012 : 20:47:05
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| I think I just realized that the pics of the black ezrake were on the other site. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2012 : 21:53:21
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| Yeah, that's Levi. He used a snowblower hitch to adapt his to an RBT. It's the same FDT rake as I have, but he overhauled it and painted it black. |
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swisstool
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2012 : 22:29:37
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| Mine and his are the same. Yours is different in the way the angle iron mounts to the housing of the rake. Levi's and my rake have angle iron brackets on the top horizontal part of the housing that come back toward the hitch. Yours has angle brackets on the rear vertical part of the housing. That is why I wanted the pictures of his hitch or at least the way he connected it to the rake. If you check out his pic and the pics you posted you can see the differences. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 01/29/2012 : 10:06:28
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| Ah...I see. I was going off what he told me. We were chatting about the spring/tines, as I got a NOS box of them with my rake. 100+ springs with the rubber covers =] |
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swisstool
USA
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 00:33:20
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| That's cool you got all the extra tines. Did you have to put them on or were your existing ones still good? I never changed any on mine, is it difficult. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 01/30/2012 : 06:11:41
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| I have probably a dozen or so that are busted and need replaced. The rest look great. They appear to be very easy to replace...one hex screw per tine, I believe. |
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