When I went to the dealer to pick up my tractor, I asked the dealer does it come with a drawbar, and he said yes. It should be on the tractor, No, I said. We went to look and he pointed to the square bar that comes out just below the PTO shaft. I told him that I meant the flat draw bar with the holes in it that goes onto the lower lift arms. He said you mean the [something]. I forget the name, but I said yes. I bought one, and it was a little over $70.
Anyway, I just measured the drawbar [?]. I guess I need to know the names of these tractor parts in order to communicate with you guys.
This bar measures 31 3/4 from pin to pin hole and 26 where the inside of the lift arms go.
Jmc, this measurement of 26 inches wide confirms what I have found on the width for a category 2.
Yes, that is it jbooth. This diagram shows a 32 cat 2 spread. Thanks!
There is no need to apologize chim. I am about as green as a person can get. Things that are simple to you guys are an Albert Einstein ordeal to me. That is why I am here.
Why is a good question 6011Artist. The JD tractor... all I will ever need is a good 50 HP, but you know how some people are. On my Ford 6610 boom pole, it was built out of schedule 40 drill stem pipe, and we broke and had to re-weld it three times. At 8 foot in length, it would lift a 55 gallon barrel with 45 to 50 gallon of diesel in it out of the back of a pickup. As far as the arg and strain of moving it around, I am going to build a stand for it.
Mike
Thanks wolftree. No one makes what I want. That is except for the guy on this form that builds the hydraulic cylinders.
Do you old timers sometimes can't sleep, get up, and make a pot of coffee at 2 o'clock in the morning?
Mike