3pt Hitch Sway Stabilizers

[TheHardWay]

Hello everyone...first post on this forum.

I have a JD 6420 that I am wanting to build some horizontal sway stabilizer turnbuckles for. I have a 200 gallon sprayer that I use in mountainous terrain, and the side to side movement on uneven ground paired with the sloshing liquid is a little more than I care for.

I was wondering if anyone made something like this for tractor of similar size. Where and how did you attach the turnbuckles? Any pictures would help to give me some ideas.

 

[Leejohn]

I have made some for a 5000 ford. Don't know how your JD is set up, but I can tell you this. The front anchor pin must be in line with the front pins of the lower link arms. If not, it well not go all the way and down, it well lock up maybe bend or braking something. If it's just a little off you can't pull you pins out to adjust when all the way up or down.

 

[TheHardWay]

Thanks for the input. I thought of that last night as I was brain storming some ideas. I will have to come up with some sort of extensions for the front anchor pins.

 

[TheHardWay]

LeeJohn, do you have any pictures of the ones you made for the 5000?

 

[Leejohn]

The ones I have now are not good enough to see much. He lives up the road and if I can today I'll go up and get some.

 

[Leejohn]

Here you go (TheHardWay)

I guess you know that the 5000 ford is Cat 2. Also you can turn them end for end if you need to.

 

[TheHardWay]

Thank you for the pictures...looks good. I went to JD today to see about ordering some of the stabilizers like their smaller mid-sized tractors have and fab up some brackets to adapt them. Or course since they have the green paint on them, they would be around $400 for a set.
I bought some upper links and pins and going to see if I can come up with something that will work.

 

[Leejohn]

$400.00 !!!! My god are they gold. Post a picture of the back of your tractor on each side of the lower link. Looking from the back to the front.

 

[TheHardWay]

I will get some tomorrow....

 

[SweBota]

Thank you for the pictures...looks good. I went to JD today to see about ordering some of the stabilizers like their smaller mid-sized tractors have and fab up some brackets to adapt them.

My local supplier has kits that include the brackets, as JDs doesn't seem to come with anchors for stabilizers as standard.

I don't think you will want to ship them from Sweden, but there should be similar kits available?

Maybe the pictures will help:

For arms with quick-mount hooks
OE Parts


For arms with fixed balls
OE Parts

Both are around $ 325 US.


/Marcus