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Re: Pulling a Hay wagon
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Posted by Gerald J. on October 21, 1999 at 14:29:51 from (208.142.211.221):
In Reply to: Pulling a Hay wagon posted by Craig on October 20, 1999 at 07:55:54:
You want a fixed drawbar, one that's bolted to the BOTTOM of the differential housing. Such as the one sold by CT as their catalog number 13248-063. You want pins or bolts to minimize the swing of the drawbar when pulling. I prefer pins to bolts because then the load is heavy its a lot easier to drop out a pin and swing the drawbar to the side and then left the tongue and slip the drawbar between the forks and then install the hitch pin, and the drawbar restraint pin. You MUST control the height of the drawbar connection to be below the axle of the tractor or you will pivot the tractor over the axle and be upside down. I don't know about you, but I'm not strong enough to hold up a few thousand pounds of tractor with my neck. The drawbar that fits the three point links is pretty much useless except for lifting a tongue up to hitch to the other draw bar unless you fit it with stay straps and stabilizer bars and the both can buckle when you try to stop a heavy load of hay. Something else I've found super handy is a hitch up front. Backing a hay rack is as easy as falling off a log hitched to the front of a tractor. That's a part of the bumper for Ford and Ferguson many places sell. Its 13240-063 in the CT catalog (888-8CT-FARM). Gerald J.
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