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paul

03-23-2004 18:04:13




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I have been restoring a smta and am now down to the draw bar.The u shaped support is bent down in the middle and the draw bar is also bent between the support bar and the pin hole.I was standing there scratching my head just wondering what type of implement this guy had on this tractor to bend that much iron.I did buy this tractor off a farm.Paul.




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John (AZ)

03-24-2004 10:23:39




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 Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to paul, 03-23-2004 18:04:13  
I recently bought a Super M that the drawbar is bent like a pretzel, has so many welds and repairs it's not funny, I was wondering also how it could get so torn up. then I remembered how I bent the draw bar on my H by trying to pull a mesquite sapling out of the ground. I guess my Super M has done alot of hard pulling.



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Dan Kelley

03-24-2004 07:52:27




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 Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to paul, 03-23-2004 18:04:13  
If you can't straighten yours, and if you can't find decent used drawbar parts in your area, I think OEM makes reproductions.



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Dan

03-23-2004 21:50:55




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 Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to paul, 03-23-2004 18:04:13  
In my area guys use 3 tie balers with engines on them. Lots of weight on the drawbar. Usually they double the round part and put a support on the bottom of the drawbar also.



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Dr.EVIL

03-24-2004 10:58:34




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 Re: Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to Dan, 03-23-2004 21:50:55  
My DAD did custom baling for many years after He got out of the service after WW II with an IH #50-T baler pulled by an H. He bent a couple drawbars up bad until He welded two together one on top of the other like You suggest, He also welded 3/8" thk X 1" wide steel under the edges of the swinging drawbar all the way out to almost the tip of the drawbar. When He traded the '39 H off for the '54 Super H back in 1967 He kept the beefed-up drawbar. We haven't been able to bend it with anything We ever tried to do with that tractor. The H & SH "U" shaped drawbars were only 3/4" thk and the M, SM, SM-TA drawbars were 1" but still were not up to some tasks these tractors are capable of. I've seen the drawbar on DAD's '51 M bend down over an inch on real hard pulls when We were dragging 5000# poured concrete steps back to the creek. We had the chain hitched up REAL short to pull the rearend down and lift the load up while pulling forward. The M would pull them by itself but We hooked the Super M Dad had at the time up and pulled tandem style to make better time since We had a half mile to go.

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Roger WI

03-23-2004 19:23:29




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 Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to paul, 03-23-2004 18:04:13  
Paul, I have bent and broken drawbars with manure spreaders. I have a trip bucket loader that when you dump a big load of manure into the front of the spreader it puts a tremendous shock load on the drawbar. Also, my dad bent the drawbar on our Super H with the manure spreader by loading it with some very dense manure and again dumping it into the front of the spreader. Roger



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Chad 1206

03-23-2004 19:20:29




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 Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to paul, 03-23-2004 18:04:13  
Watched my neighbor with a Super H do the same thing but his u-piece broke. A Super H drawbar is not meant for a big H&S speader loaded to the top. Little too much tongue weight, but it is amazing what people think the old farmalls are capable off.

Thankfully we can get new parts. Good luck.



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Dick Davis

03-24-2004 05:05:46




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 Re: Re: smta draw bar bent in reply to Chad 1206, 03-23-2004 19:20:29  
My dad bent an M's U shaped drawbar up! Over 2" when he tried to pull over a dead maple tree. Don't know how he got a cable that far up the tree. My nickel Dick Davis



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