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Re: Pulling safely
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Posted by JD70Jim on November 22, 2002 at 17:38:55 from (12.215.69.196):
In Reply to: Pulling safely posted by Dave T on November 22, 2002 at 09:15:37:
To quote from several of my owners manuals: John Deere A, OMR2002, All drawn tools should be hitched to the drawbar. Do not draw or pull from any other place on the tractor. John Deere 70, OM-R2035, All drawn equipment should be hitched only to the drawbar (p38) John Deere 3020, OM-R41753. Note: do not attach a towed load to the 3-point hitch and quik-Coupler. A drawn implement should be hitched to the drawbar only (p30)
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The drawbar assembly is used to hitch all drawn implements to the tractor. Use the drawbar to pull towed loads only. Attach integral equipment to the 3-point hitch. (p35) My OM for my 730, 4020, and 2440 say pretty much the same thing, and it seems pretty clear to me, that hitching a load to ANYPLACE except the designed hitch point is folly. Pulling a stump with a chain attached anywhere else is just ASKING for the tractor to flip over on top of you. I actually witnissed this very thing, when it happened to my Father, nearly 40 years ago. If my mother had not asked him , only a minute befor, what he would do if the tractor flipped, it MIGHT have pinned him underneith. DON't be foolish. My father was new to tractors, it was a 1950 JD MT. He never tried to pull stumps like THAT again. PLEASE don't try this at home!
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