3pt Stabilizers

[mangus580]

Well, I put a new set on today, tossed my 'new' 6' disc on the back. Tightened them as tight as I could, and I already bent one of them slightly.

I think I need to open a dialog with LS direct.....

 

[snowbelt geauga]

Dealer told me try not make turns with things like a disc making ground contact. Dealer wasn't impressed with the stabilizer arms.

 

[Tbolt76]

Dealer told me try not make turns with things like a disc making ground contact. Dealer wasn't impressed with the stabilizer arms.

I don't think stabilizers in general are meant to resist lots of side draft whether they are the square tube type or threaded rod type. I can lock down the ones on my R4041 when I use my 8' disc, 7 1/2' flail mower, 66" tiller but I never make any turns with lifting up the implement if its engaging the ground. Still have yet to run my 3-14" bottom Massey plow. If you are bending them up you need to re-evaluate what you are doing, IMO. My old JD 520 had big sway blocks to control side draft rather than the more modern types, you really felt it if you were banging something around back there esp. on the CAT II hitch.
Tom

 

[altamaha]

My 3039 does not lift implements as high as my old Davis Brown or my old Ferguson and I have to be careful if I am moving from a lower tier to a higher as they will drag and a small turn will cause the implement to drag. That is the only time I have bent a stabilizer.

 

[GManBart]

Well, I put a new set on today, tossed my 'new' 6' disc on the back. Tightened them as tight as I could, and I already bent one of them slightly.

I think I need to open a dialog with LS direct.....

If you have the stabilizers too tight there is no give/play in the system, and you will definitely bend something.

 

[mangus580]

If you have the stabilizers too tight there is no give/play in the system, and you will definitely bend something.

Interesting since the dealer told me that its the play in them that causes them to bend....

 

[Short Game]

Interesting since the dealer told me that its the play in them that causes them to bend....

That's always what's damaged mine. It's a heck of a pounding they take when a heavy implement can get a swing at them. They are guaranteed to bend or break as the situation requires.

 

[GManBart]

Interesting since the dealer told me that its the play in them that causes them to bend....

If there is zero play, any decent side load will bend them. If there is too much play the implement can get a running start before everything stops, and bends.

 

[Short Game]

If they were turnbuckles, that would be one thing. But these pinned tube-and-bar types are damned difficult to get too tight. I pull the shackle straight with one hand and push the tube over the bar with the other, all while I have the implement raised on a side hill to straighten the other side's link. There still is a bit of slack after doing all that, once I get the pin back in the open hole.

 

[mangus580]

They need to make one link with a few less holes, and about a 2" long turnbuckle.....