Diamondpilot
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What a clever invention . I used to see those drawbars on Grey Fergies pulling trailers around dairies . I could never work out how it would not just turn over and twist the ball out of the coupling . I don't think a lot of thought went into them when they were designed . Or did they originaly have a seperate piece like in your photo that was lost over the years ?
They were really never designed for a ball. They were used to pull the ground engaging implements that farmers had left over from the days of using horses. Those flat draw bars work fine for pulling hay wagons and such where you drop a pin through to hitch it up rather than a ball. I am sure the item I showed was a afterthought.
Chris