LBrown59
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Bill Barrett
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Can't get one cheaper or easier than that!
Blagadan
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I'll bet you a dollar it is every bit as effective as a commercially available unit!
Nice job.
Have you used it in anger yet? Just wondering how it faired when towed by chain with the concrete weights up front? I found with mine that I had to put the weight 2/3rds back on the pallet to prevent the front edge from digging in like an anchor. Like a surfing action on the soil, keep your bow up! Helps the pallet to glide along the surface of the soil...#
Hanging it off the 3pt is a great idea. gives you better control.
Nice job.
Have you used it in anger yet? Just wondering how it faired when towed by chain with the concrete weights up front? I found with mine that I had to put the weight 2/3rds back on the pallet to prevent the front edge from digging in like an anchor. Like a surfing action on the soil, keep your bow up! Helps the pallet to glide along the surface of the soil...#
Hanging it off the 3pt is a great idea. gives you better control.
Egon
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With my luck within the first 20 feet or so the drag would find a buried unharvested rock and all I'd be pulling is the bottom slat of the pallet!
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LBrown59
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from 2 posters said:
**Thanks.
1*It wasn't as easy as it looks.
Had to figure out how to keep it from tipping off the two 3 point hitch arms.
Another challenge was getting the tow chains the right length.To long and you back the rear wheels over the chains or set the drag down on top of them when lowering the drag to the ground.To short and you can't pull the tractor forward enough to back the arms under the drag to lift it or to pull them out from under it after lowering the drag.
2* worked ok
3*I had to put the blocks up front as they are what prevents the drag from tipping off the 3 point arms.
4*The chains are down near the ground on the drag and run up to the tractor hitch which gives it some front upward lift to help keep the bow up.
5*I needed something i could lift up to turn around to go the other way.
The area I used it on was to narrow to just make a loop and go back as i would be pulling the drag over the grass on one side and through the slag on the driveway on the other side.
I didn't want to mess up the lawn or drag slag into the area i was dragging.
Here is a picture of the area i used the drag on. >
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk286/lb59/100_2317.jpg
Egon
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It's all in Rod used. For wood you have to use a wood Rod.
