What are these called?

[raykos]

I'm thinking about experimenting with building something for my 3pt. hitch, but when I try to find out if I can buy "toplink side bars",(what I think they are), I can't find anything at Tractor Supply nor Northern Tool; so maybe I'm searching with the wrong name? Does anybody know of a source for these parts?

Thanks,
Ray

 

[The Haymaker]

I've never seen them sold as an "item", only as parts of another piece of machinery such as a BushHog.

I run a drawbar with a single arm going straight up to the top link.

I don't usually have the weights hanging off it, but the "T" is a very handy tool. It's on there any time an implement isn't.

And no, the high mounted hook is not going to kill me or make my refrigerator stop running, before anyone comments.

 

[brin]

It might be called " the frame comprising two upright supports " and what I would suggest is find a piece of 3 pt. equipment that has the frame you want and then find out the part # and contact the manufacturer and buy it or else you will probably have to fabricate one or have it done. Probably the only source for this kind of part is an OEM .

 

[deepNdirt]

I always called it the implements A-frame, But i think its called the
( Coupling Frame )

 

[NSBound]

They'd be dead simple to fabricate if you have access to some raw material.

 

[Jaylegger]

I'm thinking about experimenting with building something for my 3pt. hitch, but when I try to find out if I can buy "toplink side bars",(what I think they are), I can't find anything at Tractor Supply nor Northern Tool; so maybe I'm searching with the wrong name? Does anybody know of a source for these parts?

Thanks,
Ray

I'm certain those are typically referred to as stabilizer bars/arms

 

[sandman2234]

The reason you can't find them, is I keep the market dried up! That is the first piece I tend to bend everytime I back a bush hog into a bunch of woods that I am trying to clear.
As was mentioned, they are easy to build, but need to be done in pairs so that the holes line up between the two. I would also consider building the more durable version which is a piece of plate kind of shaped like a triangle with the same two bends in it. Thinner material, but it does tend to hold up better.


DONOTDELETE posted a picture of his that has this feature.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...3709991-howse-box-blade-270249-5-ft-howse.jpg

David from jax

 

[Willl]

I'm thinking about experimenting with building something for my 3pt. hitch,

What kind of a idea you got brewing ?

 

[/pine]

They'd be dead simple to fabricate if you have access to some raw material.

can you outline the process and cite the materal dimensions and hole sizes?

thanks

 

[Opti-Mist]

They form the part of an implements 3-pt hitch referred to as the "mast". At least it used to was.