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Matt M

12-01-1999 10:56:25

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Just bought my first tractor, so I'm sure I'll be full of "stupid questions". Its a very clean 65 MF with 3500 hours. One question I have is on the use of stabilizer bars on the 3 point. My tractor is missing the bracket and pin on the left axle. Is running a 7 foot back blade, and a 5 foot brush mower a no-no without bars? Do I dare use just the righthand one alone? Are these brackets available still? Thank you in advance!

Matt Marsh

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Jamie Packham

12-19-1999 16:55:30

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Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 10:56:25

Hi Matt All your replies are correct but there is one thing I would like to add. NEVER ever user stabilizer bars when moldboard plowing. There are people I have seen that do this and by the many welds allover their three point hitch it's easy to see why this is a bad idea. If you don't plow with the machine it won't matter but a plow is designed to seek it's own path through proper adjustment, not forcing it into line. Good luck with your new tractor.

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B.C.

12-02-1999 07:10:43

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Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 10:56:25

I made a set for our MH50 when we first got it. Later bought a set, and they didn't fit...had to modify them. The home-made jobs were better.

Like the others said, one is better than nothing. A lot better.

If you try hard enough, you can bend an unbraced lift arm.

The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.

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bbott

12-01-1999 16:09:57

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Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 10:56:25

One is probably fine for everything but
real heavy-duty use... Your lateral
positioning CHAINS are still there aren't
they ?

Most any ag shop will have replacement bars,
the mount you may have to fabricate as a
mirror copy of the existing one.

bbott

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Matt M

12-01-1999 20:28:52

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Re: Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to bbott, 12-01-1999 16:09:57

Thanks for the fast replies!! Yes the chains are still intact, but they are very slack and I don't think they would help stabilize much. I bought one bar today at a farm supply store, but it looks to be too short. Maybe I'll just make my own, along with a new bracket for the left side. Thanks again!

Matt Marsh

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Stan Wyler

12-07-1999 18:13:28

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Re: Re: Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 20:28:52

Hi Matt,
This may be obvious to some but - the length of the bar is adjustable in the same way that a turnbuckle works.
Stan

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Phil in MS

12-02-1999 07:16:58

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Re: Re: Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 20:28:52

Matt, I only use one bar on my MF 255d which is about the same horsepower as your 65! I found that using two was just too much trouble if you were changing implements often! The chains should keep the implement from swinging too far from side to side! One bar will control your implement enough to cultivate or do other detail work!

I purchased my tractor in 1976 and I probably stopped using two bars in the first two years! Its never seemed to be a problem! One advantage that I can think that two bars have is if you are bush hogging heavy material and lose a hitch pin the unit will remain on the tractor because of the bar!

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Gerald J.

12-01-1999 14:59:19

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Re: stabilizer bars? in reply to Matt M, 12-01-1999 10:56:25

One bar is better than none. You can run the blade and mower without bars though their lateral position will be less predictable.

CT has pins and bars and brackets. 888-8CT-FARM

Gerald J.

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