One of the projects for this winter was to fabricate lift arm stabilizers. I am not a machinist so to say "fabricate" might be a bit of an exaggeration. I measured, about a hundred times, the vertical distance from the bottom of the axle to the center of the holes in the lift arm mounting bolts. The last thing I wanted was to have the lift arms bind. Then it was just a bit of welding, drilling a couple holes and painting them up.
To keep things simple I used some chain, a clevis on one end and a quick link on the other. I welded a piece of angle to the lift arms to put the quick link on. While I was at it I welded a nut on each lift arm to hold linchpins.
All of my equipment is Cat 1 which for me is about 29.5 inch wide at the lift arms so I don't have to adjust the chain links. Without the stabilizer chains my implements could sway back and for 12 inches, with the chains it's down to 3 inches.
Sorry for the limited picture of lift arms. My tractor is crammed in to the garage and I can't get a wider picture.
To keep things simple I used some chain, a clevis on one end and a quick link on the other. I welded a piece of angle to the lift arms to put the quick link on. While I was at it I welded a nut on each lift arm to hold linchpins.
All of my equipment is Cat 1 which for me is about 29.5 inch wide at the lift arms so I don't have to adjust the chain links. Without the stabilizer chains my implements could sway back and for 12 inches, with the chains it's down to 3 inches.
Sorry for the limited picture of lift arms. My tractor is crammed in to the garage and I can't get a wider picture.