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Read articles →A hands-on fabrication video, not a tractor review. The owner walks through cutting, extending, and re-welding a Land Pride York rake's lower link tubes to convert from Category 1 to Category 2 spacing (25" inside to 32") to match his M6040's quick hitch, then covers pin and bushing adapter sizing and demonstrates a homemade tapered reamer for enlarging holes. Best suited for DIY owners comfortable with welding who face the same Cat 1/Cat 2 mismatch problem.
Posted by the Simply Sustainable Family Homestead channel, presenting as a hands-on owner working through a real fabrication problem on their own equipment.
Cut out the original end tubing, weld in box tubing extensions to go from 25 inches to 32 inches inside spacing, then ream the holes to fit Category 2 pins.
Category 1 runs 25 inches between pins inside to inside, while Category 2 needs 32 inches, a 7 inch difference split between both sides.
Yes, Category 2 pin nuts are almost a half inch thick, so you shrink the outside measurement by taking a half inch off each side for clearance.
A homemade tapered reamer with a nut welded on the end, run with an impact and socket, enlarges holes smoothly without binding like a drill.
