3-Point Hitch lynch pin help

[bironacad]

I was blowing snow and heard the PTO start to chatter and looked down to see that a Lynch pin came off allowing the blower to slide off one lift arm. This has happened on my bush hog twice and now the SB. This bends ***** and makes me a little less then jovial. I could use some suggestions for alternatives to the TSC and Princess auto's Lynch pins.

Thanks

 

[Short Game]

Get the high powered black ones. But look out for them. They will bite you both opening and closing them.

 

[Piperflyer]

I wire tie mine so they don't come loose when I use the blower

 

[Wnc3]

there are some that you must squeeze together before opening. I bought mine a while back at the JD deeler. They are more secure. But wire will work, just not as easy or clean.

 

[bironacad]

Get the high powered black ones. But look out for them. They will bite you both opening and closing them.

Where do you go for them?

 

[pjbci]

Get the high powered black ones. But look out for them. They will bite you both opening and closing them.

The black ones are tough. I have never had one of those come off even in terrible thick bushhogging jobs. And yes they will pinch the snot outta your fingers!

 

[Ken Pike]

I use the ones from Princess Auto & lost 6 of them skidding out firewood logs before I started ty-wrapping them on.

 

[Deere Dude]

If in brush I would use the black heavy duty lynch pins and then a zip tie. You can get about 200 of them for a couple dollars. That would last a lot of years and they are easy. That would help from twigs or branches from getting behind the ring and popping them open.

 

[RoyJackson]

Get the high powered black ones. But look out for them. They will bite you both opening and closing them.

Yes...like a rat trap!

 

[jwstewar]

Where do you go for them?

TSC also has them. I believe they are about 75 cents each as opposed to about 30 cents. But well worth it for the loss of aggravation.

 

[gwdixon]

I got mine at TSC also. They are not in their online catalog so maybe it is a store-by-store thing. The black ones are used on all CAT 2 implements.

Also, the bales only go one way for a secure hold. The flat side of the pin has to go against the implement or the bail is very weak. You may already know this.

 

[devildog1]

Get the high powered black ones. But look out for them. They will bite you both opening and closing them.

You sir are correct, the Black ones are a b-tch to open and close but they do not come un-done.
DevilDog

 

[devildog1]

Where do you go for them?

TSC has both kinds, one has a 12" chain with a cotter pin attached so you can't loose it.
DevilDog

 

[shortthrow50]

i found that if you spray wd-40 or any other lubricant in these things no matter what brand you buy, they work very very well. I have even bought bulk packs where some of them arent working at all and a little wd40, they will work flawlessly with lots of bite. i suggest you try this.

 

[hosspuller]

I've found some of the lynch pins have the tension of the spring backwards. I take the springs off and rebend them. Easy to do with a vise holding one end of the spring. Just need to pull the free end in the opposite direction till it works backward to the original direction. Then the pins will close like a rat trap.

 

[DennisFolsom]

Yes...like a rat trap!

I got some of those, too. You have to handle them like you would handle a rat trap - Very Carefully!:laughing:

While I don't have as much experience with them as others here, I would trust them more to stay put.

 

[rambler]

There is also a bobby pin sort of looking type, or what you would put in the hole of a hitch pin. But big. Takes a hammer to put in & out.

There used to be special plow pins, curved washer sorta like the one guy makes in his picture, with a pin in it & a cotter key in the pin. the curve of the washer protects the cotter key. Likely these are hard to find any more.

I've also used giant cotter key. When you need to plow, and lost everything else, you rummage through the shop and - hey, I didn't even know I had cotter keys that fat!

Just some other options.

--->Paul

 

[bironacad]

If in brush I would use the black heavy duty lynch pins and then a zip tie. You can get about 200 of them for a couple dollars. That would last a lot of years and they are easy. That would help from twigs or branches from getting behind the ring and popping them open.

So you think that they are not breaking but coming unlocked?

 

[murphy1244]

TSC has the cheap pins for a quarter a piece, I bought 5 bucks worth and will add chains to a set and throw the rest in the box on the tractor. Good idea?

 

[bironacad]

Thanks for the replies! I think I will see if I can get the black jobbers and use pull ties as insurance.:thumbsup: