hitch attachment to M Draw bar

e-manhunt · Jul 31, 2009

Family got me a quack digger for my birthday to pull with my 1940 M. The hitch attachment on this trailing implement is like a round donut-- like for a pintel hook or something. The question for you guys is whether anyone has an idea of how to hook this up to my M?

thanks in advance. E.

glennster · Jul 31, 2009

if you dont need a break-away, just use a straight clevise, here is a link
straight clevise

soybeanjoe · Jul 31, 2009

Could you please explain what a "quack digger" is? I have been scratching my head trying to figure it out. A pic would even be better.

Back in the day we used either a twisted or straight clevis to pull moleboard plows with Ms & such depending upon the plow. A plow with trip bottoms had a loop on the hitch like you described & was attached to the tractor with a straight clevis. Plows that didn't have trip bottoms had a spring loaded hitch with a J hook that fit into a twisted clevis. When the plow hit an obstruction the
hitch would spring back & the J hook would jump up out of the twisted clevis unhooking the plow from the tractor & preventing damage to the plow.

e-manhunt · Aug 1, 2009

A quack digger is also referred to as perhaps a chisel plow or spring harrow -- it is used to pull up quack grass- or any vegetation that grows with matted root systems. I got a pic but for the life of me i cannot figure out how to attach a pic to this posting. it works similar to a trip plow where gear mechanisms lower and raise the teeth.

e-manhunt · Aug 1, 2009

Thanks. I looked at the clevis pin set up that was referred to-- that should work. I shoulda' figured that one on my own. i like the idea of a break away clevis set up, but not quite sure how that would be set up from the description. I guess quack digger is sort of an arcane term.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2009

We had a Quack digger. It was a 7 foot John Deere Van Brunt. Never heard it called a field cultivator until we moved into a new neighborhood and they wondered what the heck a quack digger was.

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