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BrianRBM

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Does anyone know the proper name of this thing and it's intended use? Thanks
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I hae seen them used in place of a hydraulic cylinder to lift an implement, when you don't have hydraulics on the tractor. They could also be used in places where adjustment is not needed on the go. I have heard them called a "rachet jack"
 
Don't know if it is the technical term but it is a manual lift cylinder. They were used in place of a hydraulic cylinder. For example you could take your disk to the field, ratchet it down to the depth you want, do your disking, then ratchet it up again for transport. They are also used in places such as a stalk chopper for adjusting the depth of the rear wheels for the chopper so a cylinder wasn't needed.
 
(quoted from post at 10:18:55 11/26/15) I hae seen them used in place of a hydraulic cylinder to lift an implement, when you don't have hydraulics on the tractor. They could also be used in places where adjustment is not needed on the go. I have heard them called a "rachet jack"
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Exactly....like this one on my Bush Hog mower. I can adjust height from job to job easily without the use of a hydraulic cylinder.
 
Ratchet: link, lift,or cylinder is what we call it, used as adjustable top link or "arm strong" lift/adjuster in place of hydraulic cylinder.
 
(quoted from post at 11:52:54 11/26/15) I always referred to it as a "top Link".
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Top link has swivel balls at each end to allow for a little side to side sway without bending anything.
 
Cursed ratchet jack. There was one on our first transport disc harrow. I would get sent to the field when it was just a little too wet to disc corn stalks. I didn't mind lowering the disc, But it was all I could do at 10 years old to crank that blasted thing up- every time I got stuck! The tractor had a hydraulic system. Father was just too cheap to put a cylinder on the disc and plumb it onto the tractor.
 
I use them in place of a hydraulic cylinder. When I steel a cylinder from one thing to use on another I use one to temporally replace the missing cylinder. Like on my corn picker I use a couple of weeks ever fall. When putting it away when done picking I take the cylinder off and put one of those on for storage or so I'm able to move the picker around in the off season.
You could use one in place of a cylinder if you wanted. You just manually adjust it as needed.
 
Very Handy to move equipment around without a tractor we use to have them our grain drill just set the depth and go I remember me and my cousin fighting over who got to run the crank to raise and lower the drill
 
I got one just like it I bought years ago, It's called a machenical ram. It's used in place of a hydraulic cylinder on equipment when moving on the road instead of just using the transport lock. Also can be used on any equipment (using a hydraulic cylinder) to hold it in a set position in the field, There are many uses for them. Good to have one when you go to a sale and buy a disk that's down with no cylinder on it to get it home. Bandit
 
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