drawbar?

[Jksnvly]

Wow is this going to sound dumb, but what is a drawbar? I heard the B3300SU lack one?

 

[TripleR]

It is usually a heavy steel bar with holes for adjustment that goes under the back of your tractor as an attachment point for pull type equipment and such.

 

[5030]

It's designed and fabricated (the mount) to pull at the lowest practical point and place the stress in an appropriate place. Pulling in the wrong place can crack castings...or worse.

 

[timswi]

You can get an OK one at TSC for $30.

 

[Jksnvly]

thanks.

 

[gwdixon]

You can get an OK one at TSC for $30.

I think the TSC drawbar is for use on the 3PH.

Cross Drawbar, Category 1, 3/4 in. dia. - 0288975 | Tractor Supply Company

Perhaps the OP means the drawbar that attaches directly to the tractor.

Drawbar, Swinging - 0265105 | Tractor Supply Company

 

[5030]

I bought one of the ones in the second link a few years back It's more like a butter bar and not a drawbar.

It's very soft black iron and it bends readliy. I bent mine standing on it to clean the back window on my tractor and I'm not overweight.

I was going to use it to get a bit more swing on my old square bailer. It went in the scrap can, I stopped at Alro and bought a real 1x2 length of hot rolled bar, drilled the correct holes and hooked up the bailer. No bending.

 

[easygo]

I'm sure your tractor has a draw bar. Look near the bottom of your tractor in line with the rear PTO shaft. There should be a solid grey bar that is about 1.5x2" and could be 16-20" long. It has a large pin in it that allows for some position adjustment.
There are 3ph draw bars as well but that is not the same thing as the one that came with your tractor.

 

[PHILIP8N]

The 1st pic is what most people call a drawbar, mounts under the axle housing. The 2nd pic is a 11 hole drawbar that mounts to the lift arms. The 11 hole lift arm mounting drawbar is all tractor supply will have. The common drawbar (in 1st pic) will be Kubota oem or fabricated yourself. Fabrication is not too hard, I have made several for custom designs. Material can be ordered from McMaster Carr, then you just need a good drill press. Make sure you have the drawbar mounting under your axle. Philip.

 

[Toolguy]

What? A new tractor sold without a drawbar? I highly doubt it. Tractors can be used for many things but one of the most basic uses is pulling something. You need a drawbar for that. If your tactor doesn't have one then I would talk to the dealer and tell them about. They must have forgot to install it.

 

[weldermike]

Yeah, my dad just bought a new JD with a backhoe and they forgot to give him the drawbar, he went back and they gave him one no problem, sure your dealer would do the same for you.

 

[Verticaltrx]

What? A new tractor sold without a drawbar? I highly doubt it. Tractors can be used for many things but one of the most basic uses is pulling something. You need a drawbar for that. If your tactor doesn't have one then I would talk to the dealer and tell them about. They must have forgot to install it.

The drawbar is optional on the B3300su and L3700su. Since they are the Special Utility models (lower priced) they don't include it as standard equipment. I would guess that there are a lot of compact tractor users that never use the drawbar, which is probably why the feel they could omit it.

The drawbar is only like $50 from Kubota for the B3300su.

 

[jb62901]

You can buy one some what like this. I made my own.

http://oi43.tinypic.com/4kwhlu.jpg

 

[CurlyDave]

There is a lot more engineering in a drawbar than many people believe.

This is a safety issue since the tractor can overturn in a heartbeat if a hard pull is hooked up incorrectly. Just getting it "below the axle" is no guarantee of safety no matter what anyone tells you.

The only drawbar I would ever use is a factory drawbar designed for the exact make and model of tractor it is used on. If a factory drawbar were available, a homemade exact copy might be acceptable, but the properties of the steel involved would always be a question.

 

[NSBound]

I would guess that there are a lot of compact tractor users that never use the drawbar, which is probably why the feel they could omit it.

I use mine all the time, for 2 main things : (1) I put my trailer ball in it and move my boat around and launch it (2) with a chain to drag things like cars out of ditches

 

[kubotaswede]

Maybe I am crazy... Could not see the point in using solid steel bar. I made this drawbar for my B21 from ordinary four corner 4 mm steel tube, drilled two holes and welded on a 50 mm ball for european standard coupling. Works fine for boat trailer and other normal non-professional traction duties. Cost under $15.

 

[jimmyj]

There is a lot more engineering in a drawbar than many people believe.

This is a safety issue since the tractor can overturn in a heartbeat if a hard pull is hooked up incorrectly. Just getting it "below the axle" is no guarantee of safety no matter what anyone tells you.

The only drawbar I would ever use is a factory drawbar designed for the exact make and model of tractor it is used on. If a factory drawbar were available, a homemade exact copy might be acceptable, but the properties of the steel involved would always be a question.

CurlyDave makes a good point. Please take this into consideration. A sudden rotation of the tractor around the rear axle can have a lot of force and you want a proper drawbar in place "just in case."

 

[bikerdib]

The B3300SU in fact does NOT come with a draw bar but has the mounting point. You just have to supply your own draw bar. They left it out of the package for the same reason they left out the mid PTO and cruise control; giving customers a choice of what they want included in a package with pricing differences.

Like Verticaltrx said, they are not that expensive from the dealer if you choose to add it.