[AT] Case 430 drawbar

[Greg Hass]

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