This last picture shows the front. Again, I did not have tires loaded and I used very beefed-up jack supports on a concrete floor. Trying to rotate a loaded tire by yourself is a good way to get yourself killed. I remember all the boys on the farm helping our Dad do just that years and years ago. Once we dropped one and had to let out the water before we could pick it back up. Boy, if it had fallen on one of us! The things we did back then. Amazing that we made it, and with all of our fingers and toes.
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jimmysisson
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Man, the first thing I'd do with those stabilizers is take them apart and get as much wheel bearing grease on all the threaded parts as I could. Other than that, if you've got the pin length on the drawbar and attachments yours will be a good system. My old Massey used solid stabilizers, on homemade angle iron brackets I bolted to the fender U-bolts. They worked well (in tension) but balked sometimes going on to the slight different lower pin spacing on some attachments.
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Jimmy, Good idea. They do have a little something on them, but I will put some heavy stuff on before I go out to use it in the next few weeks. The old straight bar stabilizer you are talking about is the type I was initially going after. I actually bought one. I'll need to drill a hole large enough for the imp. pin before it can be used. It is a little too long for my tractor, but is very doable. This adjustable type, I just walked up on and tought I'd give it a try. So I don't know how strong they actually are. I'll let you know in a few weeks.
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Only suggestion I would make, and it may not be necessary, is also concerning the threaded stabilizer. I would put the threaded end on the tractor, instead of implement end (to keep threads from getting banged up, dropped in dirt, etc). Nice job. Did you fill your tires for traction or stability? With the wider stance, do you think you will refill them?
BTDT, These stabilizers actually have threaded heads on both ends. They are kind of like an elongated version of the top link on the 3ph. I adjusted both ends out equally, and placed the end with the jam nut on the lower side. This gets it out of the way, and if the threads on the lower end get messed up, no problem. I'll just do the slight adjusting in or out with the top head.
As for the tires, yes I will refill them. Though I have a tiller, I'll save it for the garden. When I go to put in a corn or bean patch, I'll use the disc harrows you see. The extra traction does not hurt there. Since I simple flood with water anyway, I just use an adapter that fits on the end of a hose. It takes only a few minutes to fill them. There is not enough cold weather down here to worry with the expensive fills.
As for the tires, yes I will refill them. Though I have a tiller, I'll save it for the garden. When I go to put in a corn or bean patch, I'll use the disc harrows you see. The extra traction does not hurt there. Since I simple flood with water anyway, I just use an adapter that fits on the end of a hose. It takes only a few minutes to fill them. There is not enough cold weather down here to worry with the expensive fills.