DRAWBAR LOG DRAGGING

[flINTLOCK]

I just bought a drawbar to use 3-pt hitch to lift and drag logs for firewood. If the bar is attached to lift arms and not toplink, will it likely rotate enough to release 3/8 chain from the grab hooks that are mounted to drawbar?

 

[SPYDERLK]

I just bought a drawbar to use 3-pt hitch to lift and drag logs for firewood. If the bar is attached to lift arms and not toplink, will it likely rotate enough to release 3/8 chain from the grab hooks that are mounted to drawbar?

Probably not - definitely not if you were to attach the grab hook to the centerline of the drawbar. I think there are hooks made with a wide clevis that would allow this. Whatever you do, pull slowly and be ready to clutch if the front end rises. This pull method has its advantages, but rear roll stability is not one of them.

larry​

 

[Ford850]

I will like rotate down from the slack chain weight until you move forward. If you can keep the chain in the hook while you tighten the slack it will rotate back up to level and will be fine.

 

[ragkar]

A drawbar lock will keep it from turning. Get it here
http://www.agrisupplyco.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=63963.000000&l=1

 

[daTeacha]

Put in a piece of flat stock from the lift arm drawbar to the swinging or fixed drawbar. Bolt or pin it through the holes. It will limit the amount of rotation possible, but also limits your lift unless you like to bend steel with your hydraulics.

 

[flINTLOCK]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[jimmer2880]

For log dragging, I had great experience with either my scraper blade, or with a boom. I welded chain hooks on the near side of the boom.

What I like about the blade is that it kept the logs out of the rear tires (like when coming downhill). Of course, the problem with the blade, is it takes much less to bring the front wheels off of the ground. That's why we would also use the near end of the boom. It seemed to work better at keeping the logs out of the tires than with just a drawbar.

 

[wolc123]

I use a log tongue on a lift boom. It saves a lot of time. No need to get off the tractor and wrap a chain around the log. Just back up to the log, lower the boom, and drag the log.

 

[flINTLOCK]

Are the log tongs attached at the end of the boom?? Does that limit your weight capacity much??

 

[wolc123]

Most of the time the tongues are on the end of boom. For real heavy logs I move them closer to the tractor. The tractors I have used the boom on are large enough and the logs small enough that lift capacity has never been a problem. With experience you will learn how long to cut logs of any diameter so you can still get them up.