Towing chicken Coop with ball hitch

[Pinebug]

I built a chicken coop on small trailer with a 1 7/8 ball hitch. I want to tow it with my 455 John Deere. Drawbar spins around. How do I stabilize it?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Build or buy one of these.
http://www.funkworkz.com/images/8-12-05 105.jpg

Build or buy one of these.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YmrdclG0L.jpg

Build or buy one of these.
http://www.ssbtractor.com/draw_bar_lock.jpg

Or what I use is is one of these. Much stronger.
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mxNPiXOON_ofKProsJHpIPQ.jpg

Chris

 

[aczlan]

I assume that you have a ball between the lower arms of your 3 point hitch on one of those drawbars with a bunch of holes?

If so, what I have done is put a straight clevis (such as: Amazon.com: Koch 4002543 Forged Straight Clevis, 7/8-Inch, Black: Home Improvement ) around the lower 3 point arm on one side (so that it goes around the arm between the drawbar and the tractor) and put the pin through the last hole in the drawbar (this does essentially the same thing as the drawbar lock in Chris's 3rd link, but I can also use it for other things).
That way, it does not rotate.
Also (on a tangential subject), I have tried to standardize on a 2" ball for everything. They are about the same price, but that way there is no chance of putting a 2" trailer on a 1 7/8" ball and losing a trailer going down the road.

Aaron Z

 

[bcp]

Drawbars were meant to rotate, for use with an implement hitch like this:



But people keep wanting to use them with a ball, so all those methods were developed to stop the rotation. For farm use, I prefer the clevis hitch and a rotating drawbar.

Bruce

 

[msb1766]

I have the one in picture #2 that Diamondpilot posted, I have towed my 2000 pound trailer with it with no problems.

 

[Pinebug]

Thanks. I searched all over the internet for something like that for my JD 277. Then I bought the 455.