drawbar lock

[dvan1966]

I was giong to make a drawbar lock for my kubota so I can have a ball on it without the bar rotating. I have seen other hitches that use the top link with a piece that goes down to the draw bar.
What would be the advantage to use the kind that uses the top link instead of using just the drawbar and lock?

 

[tony123]

I'm wrestling with this very thing. I was thinking a piece of flat stock with a pin at the drawbar and a piece of tubing at the other to hook at the 3pt. Shouldn't be more than $25 if somone manufactured them? I'm going to go to my local welder guy and just have it fabricated.

I'll be curious to see what feedback you get.

 

[dvan1966]

I can get a drawbar lock at TSC for $16 that locks it to the lift arm. I have enough scrap metal I can make my own. I just don't know if I want one that hooks to the lift arm or the top link.


Here is what TSC has:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/wcssto...ontAssetStore/images/products/600/1000786.jpg

 

[8ball3290]

picked one of these up off of egay works good, locks the draw bar down so it doesnt rotate

Tractor 3 Point Hitch Draw Bar Lock, Kubota, John Deere - eBay (item 140216572788 end time Mar-24-08 17:48:01 PDT)

 

[tony123]

Once again, I feel like I didn't look hard enough... Thanks for the links.

Does it make sense that using this type will only keep the drawbar level at one position. As you raise and lower the arms, the angle to the ground will change. If, however, you use a solution the uses the toplink, it will allow the bar to stay parallel to the ground throughout the full range of the lift arms.

This may not even be important. Don't know.

 

[AndyMA]

Another place to find them: Different design.

DRAWBAR LOCK FOR CATEGORY 1 TRACTORS - Agri Supply

Andy

 

[LarryD]

Does it make sense that using this type will only keep the drawbar level at one position. As you raise and lower the arms, the angle to the ground will change. If, however, you use a solution the uses the toplink, it will allow the bar to stay parallel to the ground throughout the full range of the lift arms.

This may not even be important. Don't know.

I built something similar to this and like it. The receiver came from Grizzly and the rest was out of the scrap pile.

Even with the toplink style, you still need to adjust it through the range of motion. I have a pretty good feel where that is for the various trailers so I just set it before connecting.

 

[tony123]

Just called my local TSC and they had that one in stock. Will pick it up tomorrow. There are likely better options, but none cheaper. All of my use would be considered "light duty", so I'm sure I'll be fine.

Thanks for all the input.

 

[Redbug]

I stumbled across a post by BrianCd with his ingenious answer to a drawbar lock. I did the same as he did. Besides you can use the "U" bolt for other uses as well...I attached a couple pics on my tractor...

Credit goes to Brian for a smart common sense answer...Here's Brian's thread...
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...bar-lock-solution.html?highlight=drawbar+lock

 

[tony123]

That is a bright solution, but probably more expensive than the part from TSC.