Hitch pin keeper

JMS/.MN · Apr 23, 2010

Post on JD board talked about losing hitch pins....since many more post here, I thought some might be able to use this idea I came up with several years ago....I use it on the disc chisel and the offset disc- stalks will not pull the keeper out, and the pin stays in place. Yellow portion is a steel flap that covers the flat top of the hitch pin.

hayray · Apr 23, 2010

I use those new pins now that lock for my lighter equipmtne. I could see how that could work good for the heavy stuff dragging in the dirt.

ryanwheelock · Apr 23, 2010

I just use a pin that has a hole at the bottom for a hair-pin to keep from pulling out, but yours is a good idea.

JMS/.MN · Apr 23, 2010

Corn stalks will pull that keeper out in no time. On grain wagons I attach the keeper to the top of the pins with a chain, so the pins are not lost- then recheck before getting on the road. This setup is a bit cumbersome for wagons, but used on heavy machines that I expect to pull all day. They"re also a bugger to rehook in the field, even with the attached jack.

Eldon (WA) · Apr 23, 2010

and if you push the hair-pin all the way thru to the loop it cannot come out...that is what I do. Simple and effective.

IOWA NORTHEAST · Apr 23, 2010

The cheapest clip pin is a welding rod, it will never get pulled off even in a timber, or corn field.

As a child we used to use a gasket from a Surge milker, it was wrapped from the top, and then around the bottom of the pin. With this set up, you could pull the pin with a rope from the seat, yet never loose a hitch pin when pulling wagons.

I go to tractor shows, and I watch how often there is no clip pin even when hauling people around through crowds.

I watched my trailer with ten or twelve folks on it go backwards at a show, only fifteen feet or so. No one tightened the ball on the tractor. That was the last time my trailer went to a show.

DeltaRed · Apr 23, 2010

I use somthing similar on my ATV/trailer.After 15 yrs of BOUNCING ,I have yet to loose the pin,or the trailer.

Fred Martin · Apr 23, 2010

After reading the post, why couldn't you put the pin in from the bottom and then a flat washer and then the lynch pin. Looks like that would keep the lynch pin up out of stubble and the washer would spread out the stress on the lynch pin??? On the stablizer bars under the axles on my utility tractor (which have come off and the bar went under the bush-hog) GRRR! I tend to put them in so that the way to open the lynch pin is forward, that way, the stubble tends to pass over them without opening them. These seem to be lessons learned by losing the pin first, using my brain later. ohfred

Mike (WA) · Apr 23, 2010

Simplest solution is the best. I hadn't thought of that, but it would work- if you've got the hairpin all the way on, there's nothing for corn stubble (or tall grass) to grab and pull. Thanks for the tip.

Bill in IL · Apr 23, 2010

That is a nice setup for a pin keeper.

I don't know what the problem is with pins in cornstalks. Yes they do pull out easily if inserted normally... but all your have to do is punch them all the way through. I have never lost one that way.

On the big stuff, chisel plow, field cultivator, ect. We use 12 gauge steel wire doubled up and run through the handle on the pin. Never lost one that way either.

OliverGuy · Apr 23, 2010

I"ve seen people put a small bolt through the clip hole in a large pin and then double nut it. Not all pins have a large enough hole though. Good idea on yours.

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