Ratchet top link

[Professor Marvel]

Looking for a cat 1 ratchet top link. Thought I had seen them at the local tractor store but when I went to buy one I couldn't find any. I read about taking a ratchet binder or jack and welding ends on it but I just want to buy one. Can anyone direct me to them?
Thanks

 

[boggen]

google search "ratchet top link" without quotes
lots of places to buy from come back for me.
below image is from 3-POINT RATCHET JACK


after posting a few days ago, i have not ran across the chain binder style yet.
below image is from Towing Load Binders + Binder Chains | Trailers + Towing | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[Professor Marvel]

That jack might work if the threads on my top link match the threads on the jack but with my luck I am pretty sure they wont

 

[countrybumpkin]

Here is a link to a cat 2 but you may contact them see if they have cat 1.

Ratchet Top Link (TL175)

 

[Professor Marvel]

that is what I need
I will try to contact them about a cat 1

 

[Xfaxman]

Let us know if you find one, I could use one on the Toolcat.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Unless the ends of that Cat II one are too big for the tractor or implements, couldn't you just use a bushing on each end to sleeve it down to fit Cat 1 pins? The length of it looks like it wouldn't be a problem, but I dunno.

 

[pmsmechanic]

google search "ratchet top link" without quotes
lots of places to buy from come back for me.
below image is from 3-POINT RATCHET JACK
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after posting a few days ago, i have not ran across the chain binder style yet.
below image is from Towing Load Binders + Binder Chains | Trailers + Towing | Northern Tool + Equipment
View attachment 385870

Just buy a ratchet jack and weld category 1 ends onto it. I don't know where you can buy ends in the States but in Canada they are available from Princess Auto

 

[boggen]

alright i feel like a bigger fool than normal. when i posted pictures, i wasn't paying attention and grabbed U ends ratchet jack. but now that i go back and google the stuff up. i am barely getting any ratchet jacks, let alone the cat 1 or cat 2 ratchet jack top links with swivel ball ends. i had amazon, ebay, (grainger or harbor freight don't remember which), and at min 4 other places that were showing pictures of a complete assembly. to make it a cat 1 top link setup.

google search "replacement 3pt top link screw" to change out the U ends for cat 1 swivel ball ends.
Top Link End Cat 1 Thread L.H. Swivel End
Top Link End Cat 1 Thread R.H. Swivel End
Tractor Top Links, 3 Point Hitch Top Links, Cat 1 & 2 Hydraulic Top Links, Top Link Ends, 3 Point Hitch Parts

cut and welded notation
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/180100-almost-quick-hitch-ratchet-top.html


doesn't do ya much good from Australia
TOP LINK ASSEMBLY WITH RATCHET JACK ATTACHMENT | Top Agrispares

 

[Professor Marvel]

Ratchet Link Assembly with Double Ball End (Cat. 1) | S.15297 | Malpasonline.co.uk
here is one but I don't know what size cat 1 is in the uk plus I don't know how much it is in dollars. on top of that since it is made in the UK the threads are probably backwards