robbo Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Now this is a question for the Britains specialists out there and in no way is it a criticism of the Britains hitch, either the old or new version. I picked up these older models at a local car boot sale last weekend and I am puzzled as to why there seems to be 2 types of Britains hitch that are incompatible with each other, I would have thought it would make sense for all their products to fit each other. Here is what I mean, the first model is a Britains Unimog stamped 1975 The second model is the Shawnee Poole dump trailer stamped Made in England but I can't see a date on it Now, when you align the two hitches you would expect to be able to connect the two together and for the hitches to join, alas not so.....in fact the trailer is much larger than the tractor hitch and no way in a million years is it ever going to connect Just as an aside, I also got an eight wheeled trailer at the same time so maybe this will have to go with the 'Mog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillTEF20 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 the dump trailers hitch conects on to 2 lugs that are attached to the mud gards on britains tractors such as the ford 5000 massey 2680,135. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Yes, you're right William, the Shawnee Pool dumper trailer will only fit the earlier Britains tractors that have the little lug pins sticking out underneath. If you've got the earlier Ford 5000, 6700, Majors and MF 595 etc, turn them upside down and you'll see these lugs each side of the casting under the rear axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 In this picture the lugs are outlined for you They were introduced on the later versions of the Fordson super major ready for the trailers release in1963. They were also included on later tractors. When the trailer was dropped in1996 the points remained on some tractors but any new castings would not include the points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick a Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 modern manufacturers are guilty of incompatible hitches too- universal hobbies zetors one of them has a narrow hitch and the other is ok. dont which is which? any zetor owners out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBfan Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 modern manufacturers are guilty of incompatible hitches too- universal hobbies zetors one of them has a narrow hitch and the other is ok. dont which is which? any zetor owners out there? it was the smaller of the two zetors the 8441 i think and it was a narower tractor so i think to make the back end look ok they used a narower hitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuirHillyBilly Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Notably some more recent Britains have incompatible hitches with most Britains models, the FW-60 and MF 1505 won't fit non-towhook Britains which is very frustrating although I'm sure this is more down to Ertl's influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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