[AT] Case 430 drawbar

[John Hall]

I've heard dad and neighbors talk about breaking drawbars on Farmall 
M's. I don't think we ever had that problem on anything newer than an M, 
I guess metallurgy and engineering evolved enough to remedy that problem.

John Hall


On 12/25/2016 6:59 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> Try Agri-supply. I just looked and they do have some swinging drawbars
> at what I think are fair prices. You may have to change the mounting
> some to make one fit, but that should not be a problem as you are not
> dealing with 500 hp. . That is one reason I enjoy making implements for
> my Farmall Cub because with its smaller hp. it does not take an
> engineering degree to make them work. I don't think I would try making
> the drawbar itself as it is too hard to get the springiness correct. To
> hard a metal and they snap ( a neighbor once made one out of a heavy
> grader blade edge and it broke the first time he bounced through a
> furrow with a manure spreader). Use regular steel and it will probably
> bend. Years ago, we broke a drawbar on an IH 504, too much weight going
> through a sharp furrow; I tried welding it but it changed the temper of
> the steel and if stressed it would always break again near the weld.
> Hope this helps.
>           Greg Hass
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