Drawbar ignorance

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I haven't used the 3pt drawbar and wonder what keeps it from pivoting in lift arms and putting pressure on ball hitch. Seems ball would be trying to pry itself loose from hitch under heavy load. Any answers to this? )</font>
You're exactly right about ball-type couplers. Only pin-type couplers should be used with the HORIZONTAL drawbar.

//greg//

 

[Inspector507]

You can use that type of drawbar a lot easier if you use a drawbar lock. They will not fit all lift arm's though.
I had a pic on my computer, but I guess I dumped it.

Edit..........
Found a poor pic, but here it is.

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You can use that type of drawbar a lot easier if you use a drawbar lock. )</font>
Understand. THIS picture might make things a bit more clear.

//greg//

 

[Laminarman]

Thanks for all your help guys. Now that I'm convinced this tractor thingy is more involved than I thought, I think it's time to go buy something.

 

[AndyMA]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Would a toplink prevent the lifting of the towed item??
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Not if it's connected in typical 3pt fashion where the entire assembly rises together in a parallelgram fashion as viewed from a side angle. The only way to keep it from rising is with some kind of limiting device (chain, bracket etc)

Andy

 

[DocHeb]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I think it's time to go buy something. )</font>

Yeah - a manual! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Slamfire]

Down at the tractor store you will find some straps with one end bent at an angle with a hole in it. On the body of the strap there will be a slot. If you take two straps and place a bolt through the slots you will create an adjustable strap that runs from the place where the drawbar goes into the lift arms. The other end pins in the place where the top link attaches to the tractor. Using 4 straps to create two of these gadgets you will find any lifting force on the drawbar forces the front of the tractor down. When looked at from the side the tractor, lift arms and straps create a triangle effect. It's cheap and it works. The straps are usually painted red. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Laminarman]

DocHeb

Buy a manual? That would be the logical, easy, smart thing to do. Therefore don't count on it.

 

[Egon]

Picture of a homemade three point hitch. Lots of others out there that have real nice sing receivers. Note the fixed drawbar on the bottom.

Just for interest in farming country with larger tractors almost all the equipment is pulled from a draw bar. Three points are not used.

Egon

 

[Egon]

Back of a larger tractor.

Egon