My wife’s family coming here today for a early Thanksgiving dinner so I had to get the driveway plowed this morning. The push tube pin came off and twisted the mount and push tube where it gets pinned. Had to put a ratchet strap on the plow to lift it and get it back to the barn.
My neighbor came down with a 6’ pipe to help me straighten it back out with heat added. The weld started to separate a little. The frame mount I was able to straighten with a big hammer.
So my question is has anyone else had a pin come off? And are you using something other than a hitch pin for this reason? I’m thinking of using a bolt and nylock nut to prevent this Again but that negates the quick on & off…not a big deal though. Bottom picture is after straightening with hammer, that was spread and twisted
My neighbor came down with a 6’ pipe to help me straighten it back out with heat added. The weld started to separate a little. The frame mount I was able to straighten with a big hammer.
So my question is has anyone else had a pin come off? And are you using something other than a hitch pin for this reason? I’m thinking of using a bolt and nylock nut to prevent this Again but that negates the quick on & off…not a big deal though. Bottom picture is after straightening with hammer, that was spread and twisted