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Craig

10-20-1999 07:55:54




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I have a Ferguson To-20 and I want to pull a hay wagon with it but not sure of the best way to hook the wagon on to the tractor. Is a drawbar the best way to go? Should I use a swinging drawbar? Any help will be greatly appreciated!




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Gerald J.

10-21-1999 14:29:51




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 Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to Craig, 10-20-1999 07:55:54  
You want a fixed drawbar, one that's bolted to the BOTTOM of the differential housing. Such as the one sold by CT as their catalog number 13248-063. You want pins or bolts to minimize the swing of the drawbar when pulling. I prefer pins to bolts because then the load is heavy its a lot easier to drop out a pin and swing the drawbar to the side and then left the tongue and slip the drawbar between the forks and then install the hitch pin, and the drawbar restraint pin.

You MUST control the height of the drawbar connection to be below the axle of the tractor or you will pivot the tractor over the axle and be upside down. I don't know about you, but I'm not strong enough to hold up a few thousand pounds of tractor with my neck.

The drawbar that fits the three point links is pretty much useless except for lifting a tongue up to hitch to the other draw bar unless you fit it with stay straps and stabilizer bars and the both can buckle when you try to stop a heavy load of hay.

Something else I've found super handy is a hitch up front. Backing a hay rack is as easy as falling off a log hitched to the front of a tractor. That's a part of the bumper for Ford and Ferguson many places sell. Its 13240-063 in the CT catalog (888-8CT-FARM).

Gerald J.

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MrG: Lock it down!

10-20-1999 11:08:51




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 Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to Craig, 10-20-1999 07:55:54  
Or come back and tell us about "trailer surfin'".

In most cases, except maybe pulling a harrow, the swinging drawbars weren't designed to "swing free" with equipment behind you. Pull type field equipment usually works off the right side of the tractor. The drawbar was moved to the left (road position)and locked, to get to the field. Then moved to the right (field position) and locked, to get that corn picker, combine, baler, windrower, or whatever out there where it could do some real work without having the tractor running down the crop.

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MrG: also...

10-20-1999 13:05:43




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 Re: Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to MrG: Lock it down!, 10-20-1999 11:08:51  
Use a locking linch pin when you attach that tonque to the drawbar...you don't want it to get away from you!



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roy woods

08-18-2001 10:07:13




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 Re: Re: Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to MrG: also..., 10-20-1999 13:05:43  
I AM LOOKING FOR A PICTURE OF A
OLD HAY WAGON.
I AM WANTING TO BUILD A MINITURE
MODEL OF ONE.

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
ROY



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Hey busdriver

10-20-1999 10:42:59




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 Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to Craig, 10-20-1999 07:55:54  
It may not quite be the same, but I pull a utility trailer in my field with my 8N , when I pulled it with a swinging draw-bar with any weight in the trailer, it would dodge all over the place causing great difficulty keeping the tractor under control as my property is all slopes. When I attached a solid draw-bar on the tractor, it was a considerable difference as I had a lot more control with less effort.
Stan

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HR

10-20-1999 09:33:13




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 Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to Craig, 10-20-1999 07:55:54  
CRAIG: Safety is most important? When a loaded wagon starts pushing forward going down hill is when you will NOT want a drawbar to swing around much at all.. must keep the load tracking straight ahead into the tractor..OK? Then the braking by the tractor wiil be the controling force NOT complicated by a load going off to one side due to a drawbar swing way over to one side..
Also keep good latching type pins in use as sometimes a pin can (and does) POP out and onto the ground leaving you with a REAL LOSS of control.. rather simple.. keep it clean and tight connections....harvey

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B.C.

10-20-1999 08:11:14




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 Re: Pulling a Hay wagon in reply to Craig, 10-20-1999 07:55:54  
It can be done a couple ways. On our 9N we used to use the multiholed job between the lift arms. We would also use a couple straps that went from the top link pin down to the drawbar end. This then kept the drawbar at a fixed height and helped it not to swing much. But it would still get pushed sideways a little if backing a wagon against any great amount of resistance.

On our MH50 we use a "swinging drawbar" but put bolts on either side of it to limit the motion. Then if you have to back a wagon, the drawbar won't flop around and there will be some control of the situation.

If you're just pulling the thing around there's not a lot of difference, but I do prefer the swinging drawbar.

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