Need advice on hooking up to a drawbar

[HCJtractor]

I am building a tongue for my grain drill so I can tow it rather than use it in a 3 point hitch mode. (Long story, but it was designed to use either way but when I bought it, the tongue was missing. I am using the manufacturers design). My question is how most people connect heavy implements (3000 lbs) to a drawbar? Do you use a clevis style connector with a 3/4" pin? I am going to weld a standard adjustable channel bracket to the tongue so I can use a 2 5/16" ball for towing it on the highway, but can quickly change to another system for drawbar connection. Is the clevis hook up the preferred method? I found the channel and standard ball at Northern, but they don't sell the adjustable clevis, but I can order it online if it is the right way to go.

I never use the drawbar, so I am not that familiar with towing implements. My drawbar is a swinging style but can be locked stationary with pins. Is it better to lock it or let it swing?? Thanks for any advice.

 

[pjbci]

Use the clevis type of hookup, and lock your swinging drawbar in place when using it.

 

[SandburRanch]

Pin the draw bar to road and let it swing for field work.

 

[D7E]

Pin the draw bar to road and let it swing for field work.

What on earth would you let it swing for ?

 

[rambler]

I don't know what a 'channel' or 'adjustable clevis' deal is....

But a clevis hitch is the normal farm way of hookig to a tractor drawbar.

Pin your drawbar.

Nice to be able to swing it to hook things up.

Good to let it swing for medium or heavy tillage if the implement stays in the ground on corners, like a pretty good sided harrow, or disk, or the like. For planting, you want it locked and steady.

--->Paul

 

[F250DSLPWR]

Why not just use the 2 5/16" hitch and put a ball on your tractor? or, since you are welding up the hitch for the drill, use a receiver tube and make it where you can easily remove the 2 5/16" hitch and slide in a clevis pin hitch, or a pintle hitch?
Also, you might think about building a 3pt trailer hitch assembly with the receiver tube, now your can use it with a variety of hitch adapters. That is what I did. I then bought the HF 3 ball hitch. This works well for my applications. Do a search on TBN lots of great ideas here.

 

[SandburRanch]

What on earth would you let it swing for ?

I can see you've never tried turning a corner pulling a drag moldboard plow with the drawbar pinned.

 

[D7E]

I can see you've never tried turning a corner pulling a drag moldboard plow with the drawbar pinned.

We dont plough any more but i have done over 1000 acres a year in the past . Are you saying i should have the drawbar flapping about on my drill too ?