Drawbar improvement update

A few days ago I posted about making an improvement to the drawbar on my 550. I put it back together today and took better pictures. Not sure, but I think this was adapted from a Ford or a Massey, I know that it's not Oliver.





You can't see it very good, but I replaced the hair pin with a cotter key.

Looks like you did a good job. I enjoy projects like that.

As others have said, keep an eye on that rod, threaded rod is soft. But nice job.

I can't tell from the pic. Are those bushings/spacers between your bracket and the tranny or are they bosses protruding down from tranny??? If just bushings, I would weld them solidly to the bracket so the bracket is less likely to work loose. I don't know what to make of those bolts or spacers??? in the rear 2 holes of the bracket.
Loren

Those are bosses, made into the transmission case. 4 bolts fasten it to the case.

Sounds good. Just couldn't tell from the pic.-------------
Loren

Loren, I view YT on a phone. I place two fingers on the photo and spread them apart to enlarge the photo. Doing that I can easily see that it is mounted to a pair of heavy cast bosses front and rear. Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving, I am glad to see you chiming in a little more lately on Tractor Talk. We still have SV and the Tractor Vet to keep things a little more lively here. Sure do miss George from TH, he always had some interesting topics. I should take more time to take pictures and post when I get to do tractor stuff. Last week I was back on the farm in KS. Used my Uncles Case 1070 and 4-18 Massey plow to do some maintenance plow up on some terraces. Then used my Farmall M and Horndraulic trip loader to push up the terraces in a few places where they had run over the past couple of years. The ground was in bean stubble, one area was in milo stubble. I recently installed a 3 point hitch on it and had a Massey 3-14 plow on that. Almost mandatory to have something to tear up the soil so you can get the trip loader to push it, it is not real good for digging. Very dry right now in their area in NE KS. The plow on the Case rolled up some pretty big clods. Thankfully that area has a lot of freeze thaw cycles that hopefully will have that soiled mellowed up come spring time. Wow, how is that for stealing a thread.

Does this look like what you have? A pin and the hairpin clip is also on this site, just search and you will find it. luck and stay, healthy, joe
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Look here.
pin/ clip

Yep, that looks like it but my pin is different.

The rear drawbar hanger has a flat piece welded behind it top and bottom to make an even surface to bolt up to the pto housing.

why would you not use a 3/8 bolt with a piece of plate on the bottom to hold the pin in lots simpler and dont need that ready rod to bent out of shape.

I think what you have is a hitch sold by Maibach and others for Oliver S55's.
hitch

Yes, it looks like that except the rear hanger has a larger hole in it and cobbled up to match the bolt holes in the pto bearing holder.

The pin and clip that Old9 links to (I put pic here) is how my Ford 7700 and TW20 are set up, I assume they have a bigger pin but same concept. That clip pin can be a little tough to fish out of the narrow space but it works well. I would expect that pin to work for you on the Ollie if you would want to go that route.

My 960 Ford has a similar setup but my pin has a cross pin and fits up,and quarter turn into some resealed dogs - little different.

Someone pictured a pin held in with a 3pt pin on the bottom, those get popped off it tall crops or baling hay straddling the windrows.....

The back drawbar hanger on that Oliver does look like it was a Ford deal modified to fit on the Ollie. The bracket that bolts on the belly might be from that company someone else mentioned, unless Ford and Ollie used he same bolt spacings which never happens!

What you did looks like it will work, good tinkering.

Paul

I see what you mean, it isnt the same as Maibach.