[chuckv]

Niel,

That bracket looks like the one for an open frame tractor like the 318, 322, 332 etc that would hang from the rockshaft and then bolt to the hitch plate. The four bolt holes you feature in each of your pictures are in the face where this bracket bolts to another part that forms a complete rear weight assembly. See this excerpt from the Parts Catalog:

Here is a view of mine for the 322, which was made by Jim Briney and used a repurposed CUT front weight hanger (the green part) so its bolt pattern was a bit different -- but at least you can see how it hangs from the rockshaft and the foot mounts to the hitch plate with two bolts...

Chuck

 

[chuckv]

Niel,

Thanks for the added information -- I now understand that you have a 318 and wish to make a heavy duty ball hitch with a higher mount for a 'normal' trailer towing application. You are correct that pulling on the cast aluminum final drive housing is a bad thing to do -- see the picture:

The correct place to both pull from and to carry weight is the cast iron axle housings of these tractors and from the frame rails themselves (or the rock-shaft...) -- that is where the 3-pt hitches and tillers are mounted.

I have never made a hitch for my 318 or 322 for this type of use, because I had a 3-pt on the X495 for that use...

Chuck