drawbar for small Kubota

BillinAZ

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What is a good(easy) way to stabilize a drawbar on my small Kubota? The kids need to pull a small trailer w/a 1 7/8 ball. The drawbar is the flat bar type that attaches to the 3 pt lift arms. Does TSC or anyone carry a quick fix for this or should I try to rig something that bolts to the drawbar and clamps over the lift arm(s). It won't be a heavy load (homecoming parade). Of course, Kubota does not provide any type of drawbar on these machines (B2360) Thanks.
 
This is what I built, like most 3-point attachments I should of made it taller! It is very handy for moving trailers around, I don't have to get out of the seat. Like any 3-point hitch, it can be dangerous!
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For that you need a set of stay bars so the 3 point cannot put up and have the trailer come off and hit the person driving in the back and maybe send then to the hospital. Stay bars run form the center link hook up down to the draw bar so it cannot come up and cause the trailer to pop off the hitch ball
 
Very nice. To prevent the 3pt from rearing up high and dumping a trailer backwards, a chain from near where the top link on the drawbar down to the frame of the tractor about where a real drawbar would be is a real safety feature to keep the kids safe.

Paul
 
I like the full 3pt designs like Russ shows, with a receiver hitch. They are handy for ball and pin hitches to slip in. As I mentioned, a chain to keep the hitch from rearing up and causing damage to the trailer, the tractor, or the kids would be real important......

The little angle clamps in my pic are available in several Fleet and Farm stores, TSC has them but it's always a gamble if your local one actually stocks them.... as well as the other farm supply stores. They keep your bar from pivotin so the ball doesn't bind. As always, they are 'universal' that means they might or might not fit the geometry of a smaller compact tractor, depends on how your lower arms are sized and built. Again, you would want the 3pt limited from flying upward with a chain somehow.

I am probably mentioning the chain limiting deal a lot, but it is a shocking thing when those hitches fly upward, and it can happen easily with a trailer. The movement is sudden and much more than one would think. Best to prepare for that and keep the kids away from one more exciting ride!

Paul
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Oh, if the chain idea doesn't work, you can see in the 'all red' little pic in my post, there are stablizer bars that go from the lower three point arms diagonally up to the top link. They keep the hitch stabilized, so it won't rear up. However this also prevents the hitch from moving downward or upward at all. That would be great for your one time use to pull the parade trailer, but around the farm a person likes to use the 3pt to move the hitch higher and lower for hooking up, or using a side rake, etc. that is where the chain idea lets you lower the hitch, but it limits how high it can slam upward on its own.

Paul
 
I built something not as nice, but similar to Russ, but instead of a hitch, I welded a 2" receiver to it so I can easily swap hitches. I also incorporated a 4"x4"x3/8" angle iron the length of it, with a series of slots cut in it. It works well for skidding logs - you just drop the chain/chains into one of the slots. As the others have said, you have to be careful about getting it too high - you can get in trouble pretty easy.
Pete
 
Thanks for the quick replies and the pics. I will check at the local store tonight. Thanks for the reminder on the chain-my lesson on that was coming down a steep hill with a gooseneck full of cattle using one of those bale spear ball hitch combos (on a much larger tractor). The idea of that trailer hitch coming thru the cab made me put on a chain real quick once I hit level ground.
Sometimes we just don't anticipate things until we experience them once, and are fortunate to avoid disaster.
 
Our kids are 39 & 40, no grandkids, I'm about the only one that drives this tractor. When I am skidding trees I lift them as high as I can so they don't get so dirty. Yesterday I skidded a half dozen out using the loader, then I can lift them higher. I had the brush cutter on the back so I wouldn't do a wheelie in reverse.
 

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