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Lanse, Old gave some good advise that I will try and add a little to. #1. When pulling on a stump or ? use as short a lenth of chain as you can, that way if and when it breaks there will be less of a steel "whip" flying thru the air. The closer your are the less chance the chain or a broken clevis can rise up and get you. #2. By jerking hard enough to bend the draw bar I am going to say that you have caused damage to your tractor. But I can"t say when it will show or how big the bill will be....but one day! #3. The two ends of the chain and what is at each end want to become level with each other. As an example and NEVER, EVER DO THIS; You hitch one end of the chain to the top link and the other to the stump/tree just above the ground, one of three things may happen,
a. The stump comes up and out...not freakin likely!
b. The tractor/chain/stump level out...you flip backwards.
c. The chain/clevis break and snap back at the stump or snap up into your back. Guys, I know he scares us all a little but we need to give him pointers not both barrels. Lanse, You need to do your part and look some of this stuff up on the internet, look up tractor accidents and such. Here is a dirty joke that is very true of life. A young and Old bull were on a hill looking down at a bunch of cows, the younger looks to the older and says let"s run down there and screw a cow! Naw, says the older, let walk down and screw "em all.
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