Drawbar Pin Out Of Solid Steel Compressor Valve
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Leonard Seltzer, Manhattan, Ill.: "I made this 9-in. long drawbar pin out of an old 3/4-in. dia., solid steel compressor valve. I ground one end of the valve down to a point and then welded a washer on about 2 in. from the top end of the pin, so I can grab hold of it. I got about a dozen valves from an old friend who worked at a refinery about 20 years ago where they had torn down some industrial compressors. I took the valves to the maintenance shop at a local pipeline company, to grind the points on the pins.
"Compressor valves are built strong and won't break. I've used my valve drawbar pin to pull two big gravity wagons filled with corn, one behind the other, to the elevator. The wagons weighed about 15,000 lbs. apiece, but I didn't have any problems with the pin. I also used it in a clevis hookup while pulling a 4-bottom moldboard plow behind my Deere 720 tractor, and it worked fine. A little chrome did get chipped off, but that was it. If you wanted, you could drill a hole in the bottom of the pin and use a cotter key to make sure the pin can't jump out."
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Drawbar Pin Out Of Solid Steel Compressor Valve TRACTORS Accessories 30-6-37 Leonard Seltzer, Manhattan, Ill.: "I made this 9-in. long drawbar pin out of an old 3/4-in. dia., solid steel compressor valve. I ground one end of the valve down to a point and then welded a washer on about 2 in. from the top end of the pin, so I can grab hold of it. I got about a dozen valves from an old friend who worked at a refinery about 20 years ago where they had torn down some industrial compressors. I took the valves to the maintenance shop at a local pipeline company, to grind the points on the pins.
"Compressor valves are built strong and won't break. I've used my valve drawbar pin to pull two big gravity wagons filled with corn, one behind the other, to the elevator. The wagons weighed about 15,000 lbs. apiece, but I didn't have any problems with the pin. I also used it in a clevis hookup while pulling a 4-bottom moldboard plow behind my Deere 720 tractor, and it worked fine. A little chrome did get chipped off, but that was it. If you wanted, you could drill a hole in the bottom of the pin and use a cotter key to make sure the pin can't jump out."
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