Attach Ballast Box to Tractor Hitch

There are two methods of attachment; Three Point Hitch and Quick Coupler Hitch.

Three Point Hitch

causym CAUTION: To help prevent personal injury from tractor instability, attach ballast box to tractor before loader.

To avoid bodily injury or machine damage when ballast box is attached, put transmission in PARK and check the full range of hitch movement for interference or binding.

Do not stand between tractor and ballast box.

1. Back tractor to ballast box with hitch points approximately in alignment.

2. Engage tractor parking brake and place transmission in PARK .

3. Shut off tractor engine and remove key.

4. Attach tractor draft links. Fasten with quick-lock pins (B) (stored on tractor draft links).

5. Align center link with upper hole in ballast box mounting straps and install center link mounting hardware (A).

6. Start tractor engine.

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A-Center Link Mounting Hardware
B-Quick-Lock Pin (2 used)

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7. Slowly move hitch control lever (A) to raise ballast box. Check for interference. Lower hitch to ground and adjust center link and lift links if necessary. (See procedures in your tractor Operator's Manual.)

Quick Coupler Hitch


A-Control Lever

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Electronic Control

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Mechanical Control

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1. Slowly move hitch control lever (A) to lower hitch until quick coupler hooks are lower than ballast box hitch pins.

2. Back tractor to ballast box.

IMPORTANT: Check spring loaded clips on quick coupler to ensure latches are free and working properly.

3. Ensure latch control levers (B) are down (as shown).

4. Slowly move hitch control lever (A) to engage ballast box hitch pins in quick coupler hooks. Raise ballast box and check for interference. Lower ballast box to ground and adjust if necessary.


A-Hitch Control Lever
B-Latch Control Levers

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Electronic Control

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Mechanical Controls

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