Punch it, Chewie.

My awesome neighbour gave me a used snowplow blade a few days ago, so I have to build a 3 point hitch frame for it so I can use it on the tractor.


I started with some crop steel and some 2.5" x 3/8ths flat bar.


Cut to size and trimmed that one bit as I need it to make a 2" gap.


I used my forge to punch the holes, drift them out, and bend them to shape.


Used the middle buster as a guide. I got the bends pretty close to it, but it doesn't have to be exactly the same.


Sorry for the bad angle, but I was holding this all together loose and still trying to get a picture.



Basically, I made a triangular frame out of the flat bar that I will weld to a 3" angle iron cross member, and weld a piece of square tubing to the cross member. Then, a brace goes from the top of the triangular frame down to the tubing.