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Read articles →An owner-operated DIY install of a Heavy Hitch double bracket on a 1025R, filmed in a home garage. The video walks through removing the backhoe using a homemade lumber cart, fitting quick-hitch bushings (including grinding one to size), and stacking suitcase weights. The creator shares rough ballast numbers and explains why he bought the bracket despite owning a backhoe. Best for 1025R owners considering the Heavy Hitch accessory.
Posted by the Projects With JW channel, which appears to be a hobbyist owner sharing informal, DIY-oriented projects from a home garage.
The owner uses a homemade lumber cart built from scrap two-by-sixes, a Harbor Freight furniture dolly tube, and two-by-fours to drop off the backhoe easily.
Eight suitcase weights totaled 336 pounds, plus about 62 pounds for the double bracket and roughly 70 for the eye match, for about 468 pounds total.
The backhoe drags on inclines, ditches, and uneven ground, and the bracket also works as a trailer mover plus allows attaching a root ripper and other receiver gadgets.
The owner fits spacers and bottom bushings, then cuts and grinds down the top link outer bushing since it barely fits, installing it with a roll pin in a vice.
