3 Point hitch option/question

Canuk · Apr 19, 2009

A newby to 3 point hitches here with a question about how to remove all/most of the sway while towing.
I recently bought a real nice 1946 to pull logs & boats & such around my property. My land is very rocky and uneven and I am finding the sideways movement of the draw bar is making it difficult to accurately back a trailer up. I can see that I am also stressing the chain limiters too much.

Would anyone happen to know of a way to make up or buy a solid draw bar that doesn't move side to side and still have the lifting hydraulics functional?

Suggestions or even a picture would be appreciated.
Thanks

Dunk · Apr 19, 2009

http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/store/...amp;md=8N&cat=Hitch / Drawbar&r=mcats

Canuk · Apr 19, 2009

Thanks, I did receive the sway bars that attach under the axles with my tractor, I can make up the stay bars that go to the center point.
With this set up can a person simply loosen the locking bolts on the stay bars and then use the hydraulic lift? I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the geometry as it looks like the additional bars will prevent the lift/lower capability.
I use mine a lot to lift some of the heavy trailer tongue weights.

Dean · Apr 19, 2009

Canuk:

No. the stay bars are intended to maintain the drawbar at a constant height while preventint side to side movement at the same time. Remove the stay bars when you wish to operate the lift.

The stabilizer bars are intended to prevent side to side movement of the lift while permitting the lift to be raised and lowered. The lift can be operated while these are in place.

Dean

Canuk · Apr 19, 2009

(quoted from post at 12:54:27 04/19/09) Canuk:

No. the stay bars are intended to maintain the drawbar at a constant height while preventint side to side movement at the same time. Remove the stay bars when you wish to operate the lift.

The stabilizer bars are intended to prevent side to side movement of the lift while permitting the lift to be raised and lowered. The lift can be operated while these are in place.

Dean

Thanks Dean, I got it now.

Larry 8N75381 · Apr 19, 2009

Word of caution !

DO NOT use the sway bars if you are plowing !
The forces that the plow exerts are too much for the sway bar -
in compression ! IF you use both then one will be in tension and
the other in compression - the tension one will keep the
compression from making a pretzel out of the other side.

Really, you need to let the plow go where it wants to go relative
to the pull of the tractor. You can steer a pretty straight line
without the stabilizer bars. Just pick a "target" as far away as
you can that lines up with the path of the furrow you are
plowing. Then just keep the radiator cap lined up on the target.
Plowing is fun !! It has the "N" doing what it was designed for. If
the soil varies across the field and you have the draft control set
right, you can feel the plow pull the rear of the tractor down
when the lift tries to lift the plow to "lighten" to load. The lifting
of the hydraulics gives the "N" the added traction that allowed it
to out plow heavier tractors of the same vintage.

3 Point hitch option/question

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