Telescoping B Series 3 pt. Stabilizers. Spring's Coming

[Leejohn]

Here is the ones I made for my B7800. They are not hard to make at all for the Bxxxx's. I might have $25.00 in them.

 

[TheGoose]

Anything that will fit an L3400? I hate the turnbuckle too.

 

[nfowler]

I did the same thing with my new B3030 last summer! I put a big honking clevis on the extended draw-bar and never gave it another thought. Then one day I lifted my ballast box up very high while backing up over a ridge, and when I put it down, it didn't go all the way down right away. Later I looked at it and it was cocked to one side strangely. Sure enough, the clevis had swung to port and gotten pinched under the telescoping sway bar, badly bending it. I had to buy replacement parts. Now the honking clevis stays with the chain in the barn! Pour design and a stupid operator. N. Fowler

 

[hodge]

I got mine at Tractorsmart also. It was cheaper than piecing it togeather through my dealer. I believe there was a thread where someone was building some up that would work on the BX but I think he indicated he could build them for the B's also. I think slightly cheaper, but they did not seem to have as many hole allowing for as fine of adjustment as the Kubota version.

I did eventually realize a contributing factor to my bending turnbuckles was that big clevis you see in the picture of mine. It always seems to want to swing to starboard and I think was getting under the turnbuckle when I lowered the hitch. It dinged and slightly bent the telescopic ones, but they are more easily straightened. I have also went to a smaller clevis. In fact if you take a close look at the picture Ericdube submitted, his may be doing the same thing but going to port.

That's me- I have been building adjustable stabilizers. I make two versions, one set for compact tractors, and another version for the heavier, sub compact tractors. They do have as many holes as the Kubota version, they are made with generic, common materials and pins, and they are $70 cheaper per set. I can make them custom to fit any small Kubota tractor.
HDstabilizers001.jpg picture by br549_red - Photobucket

In the photo is a stabilizer for small Kubota's (in the middle), and a larger set, which had been made for an L3200.