Drawbar Hook

[have_blue]

OkieG,

Thanks for the pic. I have one of those somewhere around here...somewhere.

 

[Slamfire]

I picked up one of those hooks at the local Co-Op. Seems like I paid under $7.00 for it. But memory sometimes fails us old timers. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Great thing for pulling logs up to the splitter. I have a 6' 3/8" chain that I use to wrap around the log, then I drop one of the links in the drawbar hook and drive off. Took the place of my log tongs.

 

[david43a]

Thanks for posting the picture. And starting the topic. I just ordered a drawbar hook David

 

[markct]

well my chinese drawbar hook that i got for about 12 bucks has held up just fine, it looks just like the ones everyone has pics of. i have used it often on an over 100 hp tractor, even bent a category 2 drawbar while using it, but the hook was fine. i used it once to tow a big old dumptruck to the junkyard, hooked a logging chain around both sides of the trucks front axle and ran it out under the bumper, hooked my drawbar hook onto the chain and onto my 3pt drawbar, then lifted the front of the truck off the ground and towed it the half mile or so to the junkyard, i thought about it after and i realy shouldnt have trusted such a cheap hook to such a critical job but luckly it held fine, had it not i could have had a real problem as it would have dropped the truck and then it could have rolled back down the hill and hit who knows what on the road. so the chinese ones are real strong hooks, but i still wouldnt recommend ya use one as i did on a public road especialy!!

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Thanks for posting the picture. And starting the topic. I just ordered a drawbar hook David )</font>

I put that hook in my "cool stuff" category. Not necessarily expensive or great, but it looks very handy to use. Sort of like the casters I put on my brush hog. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Where'd you order your hook Dave? I may as well get one. I won't be happy until one is sitting on my drawbar.

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Here's a pic of just the chain. )</font>

OkieG ,

I call that a "choke chain", and wouldn't be without one. I have a slip hook on 1 end and nothing on th eother end, and it's about 42" long. I uproot and drag trees with mine. Which reminds me...ugh! Work!

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

For what it's worth, that drawbar hook will also fit over a step bumper with the holes lined up. Not that I'd ever recommend something like that, but, in a pinch... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[BrettW]

OK, is the draw bar you guys are hooking this to the same as mine? My bar is a 3pt, (lower arms only) connection and I have a steel bar running across the arms for towing. Lots of holes in the bar. bw

 

[Mark_in_NH]

Brett,
The actual "Drawbar" protrudes from underneath the rear of the tractor similar to a standard vehicle trailer hitch. it is just a rigid staight bar with a hole in the end.

 

[Slamfire]

Mine is a standard 3 pt hitch drawbar. I use a set of check chains to limit downward travel, but leave it slack when towing logs.

 

[david43a]

sorry for the slow response. I purchased my drawbar hook from USA Hardwhere for 10.95 plus 8.58 s&h total 19.07 I have not recieved it as of yet. the web site is Draw bar hook David

 

[Inspector507]

David,
Your link didn't work. I think THIS is what you meant.

 

[PineRidge]

Have_Blue if your draw bar looks the same as the one on my TC-40D then you should have 2 holes ahead of the ball on the drawbar itself. I added a heavy S hook on the ends of each trailer safety chain and each fits the hole in the drawbar very well. They also can be used when attaching the trailer to the car. Sometimes less it better, yes, no? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[MiniOaksMocha]

Have_Blue, do you have pictures of your bushhog with casters? If so, please post.

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Sometimes less it better, yes, no? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif )</font>

Yea, I'm a minimalist myself...as long as it's strong. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I need something very strong and very quick to hook up for dragging trees and stuff. That's why I think that beefy drawbar hook is so nice.

I can imagine other ways to quickly and neatly hook a chain to the drawbar.

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Have_Blue, do you have pictures of your bushhog with casters? If so, please post. )</font>

Argh! I forgot! I promise I'll get some pics.

Man, that's the best few bucks I ever spent. Grass is largely dormant, so I won't use the cutter until March or so. Just yesterday I grabbed that 700 pound cutter and rolled it out of the way to get at something else. Right there the wheels paid for themselves.

Another up-side is the wheels just happen to be the right height to almost level the cutter. When hitching up, I will adjust the 3PH until the wheels just come up on each side.

The only down side is I will have to remove the casters every time I hitch up the cutter. But, it will only tale about 15 sec. per wheel, as I don't even need to tighten the nuts.