holding stabilizer bars when not hooked up

Tiger Joe · May 5, 2016

Anybody have any pics of something they rigged up? I usually leave my bars on my tractor all the time, even just sitting in the garage I put them on with the drawbar on, but I get tired of having to take them off to hook up an implement and then put them right back on.

I was thinking about some kinda strap or chain but wanted to see if anyone had done this before I go and reinvent the wheel

markct · May 5, 2016

Drawbar or bungee between them is what I
use

WayneB · May 5, 2016

All my CAT I tractors have a slot on the lift arm to store snap pins in when the pins are removed. I buy the extra stiff snap flip pins and the solid arms on the stabilizer bars sit on the inside, while I remove and move to the next implement, back up and position. Seems to work.
On my big Ford with CAT II, I have hooks.

I have one of the quick attach 3 point setups, that is useless. Thought it was a great idea, bought it, and promptly pulled it off.

Wayne

mhb@ufe · May 5, 2016

I keep S hooks from bungee cords in my tool box and use them to hold the stabilizer bars by hanging the hook on the lift arm and hang the stabilizer bar in the other side of the hook.

Mark

Kirk-NJ · May 5, 2016

I just keep a couple of old stripped out implement pins in my tractor tool box. EZ on EZ off.

Kirk

souNdguy · May 5, 2016

nice.

I had been using aluminum fence ties bent into a Z shape.. but your idea is much better. considder it stolen!

Tom Bowman · May 5, 2016

My pins have a short chain attached to them, and my lift arms have the extra slot to store the pins, like WayneB's.

I thought I was a genius when I figured out that I could loop the chain around the stabilizer bar, and then put the pin in the extra slot, to hold up the stabilizer bar while I was backing up to hook on to an implement! :wink:

I guess I didn't invent that idea after all...

ZANE · May 5, 2016

I weld a length of rod to the outside of the lift arm about 3 inches from the end and about three inches above the lift arm.

Just drop the stab bars over the rods and leave them there till needed.

Zane

Jim in New Mexico · May 5, 2016

Hey tiger, What I've done on all the tractors I've had is simple: Take a large washer,cut it
in half and weld it to the top of lift arms about three to four inches in from the back
hole. Than when you take off an implement, just set the flat bar up and over the washer! It
has worked for me!!!! By the way, I guess you could use anything,even a large nut etc. Jim
in N.M.

GreenAcre · May 5, 2016

I took one link of a big 4" long link chain,
cut it into so it was two L shapes and
welded them on the top of the lift bars
about 3 inches behind the bar. Should've
come from the factory that way.

gears · May 5, 2016

They've been posting pics on the N forum about this the last few days. I liked the piece of pipe sleeved over the stabilizer and lift arm. The wraparound tether chain on the implement clip is a good thought too.

Glad to hear the quick-tach 3point setup isn't "the thing", I'd been wondering if it was worth the money.

GB in MT. · May 5, 2016

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A friend of mine, made these Hoop & chains up for me.
lets me to keep the Stab. bars on all the time. Been this way for about six yrs now.
Easy and sturdy.
Also fits most other Fords.....Jube....NAA.....ETC

GB

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NoNewParts · May 5, 2016

and if you are really cheap.....lol
I have a pile of very short fan/drive belts (for rear engine antique Wheel Horse tractors)
grab a bad one, loop it over itself to make a smaller circle doubled.
tape it together so it stays like that.
slip it over the end of the lift bar and the stabilizer bar.
no implement? slide it up to where the bars 'X'.....nope, won't fall off.
slide it towards the implement when hooking up.
probably got a pic here somewhere.
cost..free
and unlike hooks and such they won't get caught on stuff or hurt anything if they do....and they slide out of the way.

Ultradog MN · May 5, 2016

Simple.
I don't like them and don't use them -
except for with my very heavy Bush Hog.
When I take that off I hang them on a nail
in the shed.

Tiger Joe · May 5, 2016

Would be curious to hear why you don't like using them?

I don't always use them, but definitely with my brush cutter. don't like hearing it slam side to side when on a slope.

PAHoward · May 5, 2016

I cut old motocycle tire tubes into pieces about 1&1/2 inches long and slip them on the liftarms and stabilizer bars. I slide them up until tight. They stay in place and I just stretch the stabilizer arm out to get it over the pin.

maxwell99 · May 5, 2016

I take the stabilizer bars off when not in use,
I have had them drop down when backing, bending the bars,
Also they would be in the way plowing discing, etc,

Just my two cents,

Ultradog MN · May 6, 2016

I like to be able to give the steering wheel
a quick whip and sashay the mower sideways a
few inches to avoid obstacles. Sway bars
also make for a very long , very rigid combo
of tractor + mower. I prefer a bit of
"float" back there. For plowing, disking and
other implements they aren't required.
I never even owned a set till I got that
very heavy BH and broke a check chain
bracket. Maybe for somethings they are a
help but I generally don't use them at all.

tractorguy2 · May 6, 2016

I bought a pair of 5/8 bolts about four inches long. Drilled a
hole for the lynch pin.cut the threaded end off. Made pins to hold
the sway bars.

sunbeam · May 6, 2016

I used to have a 165 Massey it had a pin like the stabilizer bracket on the lift arm that the bar hooked to. I have drilled the arms and added a pin and shortened bar on my Fords.

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · May 7, 2016

I don't muck around with them when not in use; I just remove them altogether. It takes what a minute or so to pin them up and I don't have to worry about them snagging something and getting all fluffed up. No big deal to connect and disconnect. Same with stay bars, drawbar, and top link. Your mileage may vary...

Tim *PloughNman* Daley(MI)

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · May 7, 2016

Ditto! I only use them for the mower, disc harrow, spring tooth drag, and back blade. They get removed and put in the barn on a hook on the wall. Same with the 11-hole drawbar, the stay bars, the belt pulley, the Vee-bar, and PTO Extension, if ever that gets used and it doesn't. To me they are just a hassle trying to clip out of the way and since it takes maybe a minute to hook them up, why risk snagging them and creating more work than needed...

Tim *PloughNman* Daley(MI)

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