Positioning Tractor Drawbar

causym CAUTION: To avoid personal injury, use locking pins to hold drawbar stationary when operating PTO driven implements.

IMPORTANT: Tractor PTO, rotary cutter driveline and gear cases can be damaged. Drawbar must not exceed 51 mm (2 in.) thick. Drawbars over 76 mm (3 in.) wide can only be used with clevis hitch on HX15 and HX20 or by converting from ball-type hitch to clevis hitch on CX15 and CX20. Remove drawbar clevis, hammer strap and cast intermediate safety chain support if equipped, and lock drawbar along tractor centerline with offset down.

1. Remove locking pins (A) if equipped, and move drawbar to center position (shown).

2. Install locking pins (if equipped).

3. Remove clevis or hammer strap assembly and cast intermediate safety chain support (B), if equipped.

4. Install clevis style intermediate safety chain support (C) (Available through your John Deere dealer):

  • Rotary cutter without implement jack mounting bracket: Install safety chain support (C) on left-hand side of drawbar.
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    A-Locking Pins
    B-Cast Safety Chain Support
    C-Clevis Safety Chain Support

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  • Rotary cutter with implement jack mounting bracket: Install safety chain support (A) on right-hand side of drawbar.


A-Safety Chain Support

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    IMPORTANT: To avoid machine damage, DO NOT use shaft adapter to reduce 1-3/4 in. diameter shaft to 1-3/8 in. diameter shaft.

    Failure to conform to the following setup dimensions can result in serious driveline damage.

    5.

    If drawbar is offset, turn drawbar so offset is down, as shown.

    6.

    Set drawbar length (A) to the following dimensions:

    mm (in.) DIMENSION (A)
    PTO Shaft Diameter 540 rpm 1000 rpm
    35 (1-3/8) 356 (14) 406 (16)
    44 (1-3/4) N/A 508 (20)

     
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    A-Dimension, Drawbar Length

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