Do you think I got my money's worth?

Jethro Lilley · Feb 26, 2015

Back in the '80s I had to remove thr drawbar on my Model B and remember having a helluva time removing the pin. When I did, I looked at it and said "Oh my!" and chucked it in a cubbyhole in the shop. I replaced it with a new one and forgot about it until last week when I stuck my hand in the cubby while looking for something else. I remember the drawbar sliding in and out an inch and a half or so while pulling hay wagons. Now it sits in a place of honor on my mantle.

ndaircapt · Feb 26, 2015

Wow. that's all I got to say to that.

Richard G. · Feb 26, 2015

One more "pop" on the clutch and I think it would have been done.
That is amazing.
Richard in NW SC

tim s · Feb 26, 2015

If you would have known that on the last load of hay you would have been scared to death..here is one out of my 60, not as bad as yours Jethro..

Jethro Lilley · Feb 26, 2015

Yeah, it was probably spinning around like a brace and bit with every jerk on the wagon tongue.

tim s · Feb 26, 2015

I remember lugging home a couple wagons at a time with 60's and 720's,,on some of the hills it would rattle the hitch pins till they wanted to jump out, except for a piece of baling wire holding them in...I re-live some of those times on the same hills when I go for a ride on the old gal...Hoping to have enough fuel to get home, and anxious for supper...

Frank 41 · Feb 26, 2015

I use the front and rear of some drawbars to chain it down. So the brakes need to be on and tight.

Jethro Lilley · Feb 26, 2015

Yeah... I remember pulling a full wagon load of heavy baled peanut vines home at dark with the old '49 M and the exhaust pipe glowing red going up the hill. Back on the top of the hill it would return to normal. A bale of vines with a dirt-ball of crabgrass inside might weigh 50 lbs.

tomstractorsandtoys · Feb 26, 2015

That is the worst pin I have ever seen. Has anyone ever had one that did break? Tom

gtractorfan · Feb 28, 2015

Can't help thinking it's from all those surges of the 2 cyl. engine... just kidding lol.

tim s · Feb 28, 2015

Like it or not they still go Putt-Putt, which will make a hitch pin go Rattle-Rattle...

The Dukester · Mar 1, 2015

There must have been a batch of soft pins made or something. I bet I have pulled that pin on 10 different two cylinder tractors and never seen a pin worn more than 3-32 offset or so. I have seen the drawbar hole elongated a good 1/8 inch or more on several tractors. My old G's must have not done much or something, the pins are not worn enough to see hardly any offset and nothing "slack yanks" any harder than my 60 horse G. I just can't keep a hitch ball tight in the drawbar pulling a loaded trailer.

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