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Hitch for a Harrow

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Pete Tutuska

06-20-2000 10:16:49




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I have a old spring tooth harrow that I hitch to the tractor's drawbar. The harrow has a chain on it and I've always just used a 3/8" grade 8 bolt as a hitch pin to attach the harrow to the drawbar. Just passed the bolt through the last chain link, then through the drawbar and tightned the nut. Is there a better/safer way to do this? Should I use a clevis and if so what is it's advantage and how do I attach the chain to the clevis?

Pete

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TomH

06-21-2000 17:15:20




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 Re: Hitch for a Harrow in reply to Pete Tutuska, 06-20-2000 10:16:49  
Harrows are often hitched with lengths of iron rod rather than chain. A pair of five foot 3/8 inch rebars would work. Bend one end into a loop (usually about 2 inches in diameter, but a little more or less won't matter) to connect with the implement, bend the other end into a loop and hook it to a clevis. As other posts have mentioned, a chain won't keep the implement out of the way of the rear wheel on a tight turn, the metal rod will hold it out a ways, but still have enough play to let the harrow ride over uneven ground. You might need longer rods depending on how far back you want to keep the implement.

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Tim(nj)

06-20-2000 19:56:18




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 Re: Hitch for a Harrow in reply to Pete Tutuska, 06-20-2000 10:16:49  
I have a 12' JI Case spike harrow that has two pieces of chain come up, one from each side of the harrow, to meet at a large steel ring. The chain is attached to the ring by cold shuts. The clevis is hooked into the loop, and then pinned to the tractor drawbar. At this time, I am planning on making a wheel carrier for the thing. I drag it behind my Glencoe field cultivator, but am getting tired of loading the harrow on top of the cultivator frame for over-the-road transport.

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paul

06-20-2000 20:05:42




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 Re: Re: Hitch for a Harrow in reply to Tim(nj), 06-20-2000 19:56:18  
If the bolt & chain work, fine. I'd think the nut would get hard to turn after a while.

What Tim described is good. However, I find myself turning too short & catching the chains on the rear wheel of the tractor, which can make a real mess, or even kill me.

If you do what Tim said, & then run a foot or 2 of cain from the steel ring, with the clevis on the end of this chain, it makes turning a lot less dangerous. Moves the pulling point out away from the angle chains.

There are a lot of different types of clevises, some have a hole on each side, you can permenently bolt one end on to the chain, or use a larger ring & weld it through the chain end, put the clevis on that.

--->Paul

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