Hitch arms contacting wheels

[Bluest]

Ive not had my tractor (yanmar F14) or 4ft finishing mower long. Today was only it's second real outing. So im not at all experienced in this stuff. I seem to have a problem where, on any kind of side slope, the mower deck moves to the down hill side and the corresponding hitch arm starts hitting the rear tyre of the tractor. The lugs on the the tyre then start jumping the mower up and down. I can see that the arms are starting to cut into the tread of he tyre too.

Any suggestions as to how I might stop this?

 

[Bluest]

Just been doing a bit of Googling. It would appear what I require are stabiliser chains. None fitted at the minute. Obviously, one end connect to the arm, but where on the tractor does the other end connect?

 

[Buggs67]

Maybe post a pic of how it's set up. I don't have much experience w/ this. On my tractor the side "chains" are solid links and they attach to brackets on the axle.

 

[Bluest]

Here is photo. Everything is central here, but it the mower can swing far enough so that the link arms hit the tyres.

 

[Buggs67]

This is how the CK2510 3 point looks

 

[Buggs67]

There doesn't seem to be anywhere to attach stabilizer links to the lower arms. On your photo.

 

[Bluest]

Here's a photo from the side. Any ideas?

 

[whis]

Looks like you could move your lower arms closer to middle of the tractor and pin them, may have to drill hole for pin and then fab up some chains to the end of the rod to the lift arms

 

[/pine]

I think what you are lacking is 3PH check chains or turnbuckles...

https://www.google.com/search?q=3ph...hains&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch

 

[Bluest]

I see what you are say, I'm not sure how I'd could do that with the tools I have available. Maybe I could buy some different hitch parts to allow me to attach chains. I'm going to mention it in the Yanmar forum, I can't bethe first.

 

[Bluest]

I think what you are lacking is 3PH check chains or turnbuckles...

https://www.google.com/search?q=3ph...hains&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch

Those are the things. Don't seem to have anywhere to attach them though.

 

[cycle_gator]

On some of the smaller machines, I think they are Kubota's, the check chains are on the inside of the arms. But I cannot see enough in the pictures to suggest where to connect them on the tractor. On the outer end of the arms, use the holes that are just behind the pins for the lift arms.

 

[Bluest]

I think, based on a thread in the Yanmar section, I have some incorrect parts in the 3ph.

 

[PHPaul]

On my John Deere 750 (which is a rebadged Yanmar), the turnbuckle/chain assembly mounts to the lower arm in the hole you have between the lift arm and the implement mounting balls.

The other end of the turnbuckle hooks to a bracket on the bottom of the axle right beneath the fender mounts. It's just a triangular bracket with a hole in it for a small clevis pin. There are two mounting holes in the bracket for "wide" or "narrow" implements. For instance, I have to set the chains in the "wide" position for my rotary mower, and in the "narrow" position for my tiller.

I can get pictures if you think it would help.

 

[Bluest]

Some pics might be useful, thanks. Please don't make special trip out with the camera. I won't be able to anything with my tractor until the weekend and/or payday!

 

[PHPaul]

I remembered it bass-ackwards, the sway chain mount is before the lift arm, not after.

If you need more details, let me know.