Magical Linch Pins

Fuddy Duddy

Well-known Member
"The Linch Pins are magical." That's what I told the lady at the
Flea Market that sells the nuts and bolts and Linch Pins and such
the other day when I picked up another dozen. She said "Really,
How is that?' I said they keep disappearing. Kinda like socks,
Where do they go. Who hasn't looks back at the implement they
where pulling to see it was only held on by two points? What
makes them fall off? Both of my stabilizer bar have been bent to
'C' shapes from the linch pins falling off.
I was in the Farm store the other day and think I found the
solution. They sell Locking pins. Looks like they should stay on.
Why buy Linch Pins that keep disappearing when you can get a
locking pin that will stay on there?
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It's one of those "American thangs". We keep the best for ourselves. (%^) I've lost as many those as I've lost the others but they do work as good as the others. May be a little cheaper.
DON TX
 
I use locking lynch pins on my sway bars to prevent saplings, etc from snagging them and popping them out.

Dean
 
They are also sometimes called "PTO Pins." I find them useful for many applications, such as retaining the pins on my brush rake for my Case bulldozer. I also use them to retain the casters in scaffold uprights.
 
Are you saying these Locking Pins will come off at the same rate as the regular Linch Pins? I don't see how. But then it seems the regular Linch Pins would say on better than they do. I lost a couple the other day pulling a blade to rework my driveway. Wasn't any brush there to pull them loose.
 
Some of the new imported pins are so weak gravity will almost take them off. When first made the orginal pins were not offset but only a ring through the "pin". I have one on my 39. Harold Brock and or his crew designed the offset design we have now. When you buy them try to open/ close you can tell the strength of the spring, don't buy the weak ones.
joe
 
I still use the "old type" on all the stuff and don't loose many plus i like the way they can snap shut on your cold finger and make a blood blister.
 
I converted over to these years ago, and since then I have lost exactly one (as opposed to when I used the other kind and seemed to lose one every other time I ran the mower). Note that they do have a weak point, if they get really banged around they can bend and become really hard to remove.
 
I found the rate at which they fall off is directly related to the direction the hole points in the stabilizer bracket and the direction you put the pin in.
 
I only use the really stiff linch pins as BirdDog says. Only problem is the arthritus in my fingers sometimes makes it hard to open them.
 
Don't know about cheaper, but, I bought a bag of 20 of the 'old style' from A&I for less than $10, last me a lifetime (in fact have given a bunch away). They have a good 'blood blister' twang to them.
 
i can relate to that, if you can find a set of old original ones like this there fine but the newer china junk will last about 1 pass and be gone, i went back to the original snap over spring loaded short ones just for that reason,
 
(quoted from post at 20:04:07 12/21/12) "The Linch Pins are magical." That's what I told the lady at the
Flea Market that sells the nuts and bolts and Linch Pins and such
the other day when I picked up another dozen. She said "Really,
How is that?' I said they keep disappearing. Kinda like socks,
Where do they go. Who hasn't looks back at the implement they
where pulling to see it was only held on by two points? What
makes them fall off? Both of my stabilizer bar have been bent to
'C' shapes from the linch pins falling off.
I was in the Farm store the other day and think I found the
solution. They sell Locking pins. Looks like they should stay on.
Why buy Linch Pins that keep disappearing when you can get a
locking pin that will stay on there?
a93390.jpg



You are right - i got so tired of the rear tires knocking off mine I connected a wire to them and attached that to the lift arms so they at least dont get completely lost - there must be at least 4 or 5 in the pasture somewhere!
 

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