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Beehive looking thing on front of pin hitch drawba

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Topic: Beehive looking thing on front of pin hitch drawba

Posted By: Steve in MI
Subject: Beehive looking thing on front of pin hitch drawba
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2024 at 7:50pm

I was at laporte today looking through the tractors. I noticed again on the front of the pin hitch drawbar a cone, beehive looking thing. Can someone explain what this for?

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Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2024 at 8:11pm

It is actually called a "behive" acts a t stress breaker when pulling a pin hitch plow

Posted By: Steve in MI
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2024 at 8:13pm

thanks for the info, I asked a few guys sitting around it and no one was any smarter than me

Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2024 at 10:13pm

It is a spring.