Re: Unknown,weird bolt

Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 04, 2007 at 02:37:07 from (216.208.58.98):

In Reply to: Unknown,weird bolt posted by SuperA-Tx on July 03, 2007 at 18:25:25:

Randy: I think Gary is as close as any opinion you have. It's probably from 40 years before either of your tractors.

If you need a use for it, use it for pinning the swinging drawbar. My dad lost one of the bolts he used for holding swinging drawbar on the Farmall H. What to do as he didn't want to go all the way back to the farmstead. He walked along the railroad about 20', found a railroad spike. Since one always bends those bolts he didn't want a bent railroad spike in his drawbar. Later he cut the rail spike off at 4", and that is all we ever used in H, 300 and 560 to hold swinging drawbars. The square bolt doesn't bounce out near as easy as round, thus he was able to cut them short enough so we didn't bend them, plus the offset head of the rail spike turned in gave the roller less movement. Most rail spikes have to be forced in and out the first few times, but they soon wear square corners in drawbar holes.

My dad found he didn't have to walk very far on railroad to find a lifetime supply of spikes. Bear in mind this was the 50s when railroad workers were steel drivin men. The automated devices they have today may not waste as many spikes.

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• Re: Unknown,weird bolt SuperA-Tx 06:09:10 07/04/07 (0)

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