[Farmall] Farmall A Hitch/Drawbar

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Steve, Are you talking about a straight A or a Super A? Reason I ask is I 
have never seen a straight A with a fast hitch. Not saying it can't be done, 
but I'm not certain it would bolt to the bull gear housings, not to mention 
it is designed to hook to the hydraulic lift also. If I'm following you, you 
need the U shaped piece and the sliding drawbar? Might I suggest what we did 
to one of our Super A's 50 years ago. We welded a 1/2" plate on the 
underside, its maybe 6 inches wide. It gets you pretty much past the arc in 
the drawbar. We did this so we wouldn't have any trouble using a mounted 
sickle mower. We had to drill out the holes that we covered. Instead of a 
sliding drawbar we use the triangular shaped plate that extends about 6-8 
inches. If you set yours up this way you will never worry about breaking 
the drawbar. We've mowed countless acres like that, towed a 500 gallon water 
tank, and used to pull a 250-300 gallon sprayer.

I recommend salvage yards in the southeast for these parts. Better check the 
parts books to see if the straight A interchanges with the others.

John Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Barr
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:50 PM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: [Farmall] Farmall A Hitch/Drawbar

I am looking for the loop hitch and Drawbar for a Farmall A.

The one on my mowing tractor was welded up by a previous owner and while 
moving my engine trailer decided to start bending down... Might consider 
switching to a fast hitch setup...


I will be down in Evansville IN this weekend with a load of engines...see 
you there in the Stationary Engine List Area...


Steve Barr

Downers Grove, IL
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