chain top link

[beaner68]

i have 3ft of heavy chain and plan to use to make top link do i have enough .and wondering about what to use for the end. any ideas welcome

 

[radman1]

I have used the larger open end style hook with safety catch. Easy on a off and they will stay put. You don't need to buy grade 70.

Tractor Supply Company - Grade 70 Clevis Slip Hook with Latch, 3/8 in

 

[radman1]

These will also work but make sure your pin will fit through them.

Tractor Supply Company - Lap Link, 3⁄8 in.

Don't use these. They will pull apart.
Tractor Supply Company - Quick Link, 3⁄8 in.

 

[jayste]

I determined the length by hooking up my brush hog to the lower arms and with the cutter sitting on the ground measured between the connector pin on the tractor and the pin on the cutter. I allowed for wrapping around both pins and hooking back into itself at both ends. Also, I allowed for a little extra for good measure. This works great on uneven ground while you're brush hogging.

 

[beaner68]

got the chain at TSC 2.12ft today was planning to use one end from a old top link .was wondering what would be best to use for other end ?

 

[Brad_Blazer]

How about a clevis?
Tractor Supply Company - Utility Clevis, 7⁄16 in. x 1-1⁄2 in.

Run the clevis pin thru the chain link and the top link pin thru the "U".

 

[3RRL]

What will you be using the chain top link for...what implements?

 

[beaner68]

i plan on using the top link on my brush hog only

 

[KevPH1]

i have 3ft of heavy chain and plan to use to make top link do i have enough .and wondering about what to use for the end. any ideas welcome

Check out TSC's (SpeeCO) #0265113 stabilizer.

 

[John861]

As a safer alternative, try running the chain through a length of pipe that is a bit shorter than your chain. This will provide a limiter to how much the implement (or tractor) can flip up if you snag something.

 

[Oldmax]

Try this method it has worked for me. Replaced the solid bars on brush hog with chains. I would not replace third link with chain . Even with chain on brush hog you still have watch . If tractor would come over backwards you have no "stop" to control it . with a solid bar you do . Check out chains on my unit. This is some thing that helps in hill country like WV as you see in background of picture.

 

[3RRL]

As a safer alternative, try running the chain through a length of pipe that is a bit shorter than your chain. This will provide a limiter to how much the implement (or tractor) can flip up if you snag something.

Good suggestion here.

 

[beaner68]

thanks for all the help guys hope to finish project next rain day

 

[KJM]

As a safer alternative, try running the chain through a length of pipe that is a bit shorter than your chain. This will provide a limiter to how much the implement (or tractor) can flip up if you snag something.

An alternative I'm using is a pair of large D-Shackles. I have one pinned to the top of the slasher (as we call "brush hogs" here in Oz) and another pinned through the top link eye. This gives me a good amount of "pivot". Very simple (except that the shackles needed to be opened up a couple of mm...). I don't (as yet!) have a toplink for each 3pt attachment, so this is very convenient and cost me a couple of dollars. The shackles I'm using are 19mm (3/4") screw pin jobs - with the threads "gnarled" just enough to prevent them unscrewing in use (but also require fencing pliers to do up!).

/Kevin