hitch plate and farmall h drawbar

Kevin

Well-known Member
Finally getting grandpa's ol h out to a
local antique pull like I talk about every
year. Doing some minor hitch adjustments to
it. Is it perfectly fine and safe to just
use the u drawbar and remove to long
swinging drawbar that attaches up front?
Also making a hitch plate to bolt on the u
drawbar, is a 3" hold in 3/4" plate leaving
1" thick around the hole sufficient or
would you beef it up more leave more metal
around the hole?
 
NOT SAFE! Most clubs WILL NOT and SHOULD NOT allow you to pull off the U shaped part alone. Have to have something pulling off where the swinging drawbar attaches, (unless you have a fast hitch.) if those bolts on the axle break you'll flip over so fast you won't know what happened.
 
Horsestuff!!! Those bolts holding the horseshoe drawbar on, have a combined holding strength much higher than what is attaching the swinging drawbar under the belly of the tractor. Furthermore, the swinging drawbar was a factory option. Many people for many years, used only the horseshoe for various drawbar work.
 
Bouncer is right. I know of several pretty strong tractors that are pulling of the horse shoe hitch.
 
the swinging drawbar bolt only holds the pull back pressure,nothing to do with "DOWNWARD FORCE" pressure that the axle bolts holding the U have,using both is much safer,put on strong wheelie bars,then don't worry! Pulls better from under neath any way,some are stubborn,some are near sighted,some win and some lose,some pull against very little competition.LOL Safety minded folks do not have drawbar support above rear axle center point,-- to minimize tip over force.Many clubs will not allow a higher than mid point of axle housing. Kill some one and insurance is out the window,the big hot tractors are on the way to that with 3-4 thousand hp,20-35 mph speeds.Crashes getting more common going over barriers made for an "H" !!!!!!!!! We all need to be safety aware,self policing and mindful of how dangerous this sport is with many times the speed and HP we get from these historic old docile pieces of farm history.
 
Stock or near stock pulling, the factory U drawbar is fine. I would be concerned if your H was pushing 80+ hp and even then I think its being overly cautious.
 
Thank you for the input guys. Sounds like general idea is it will be perfectly fine for my bone stock h at 4500.
 

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