Hydraulic-Contolled Adjustable Sway Bar

Hydraulic-Contolled Adjustable Sway Bar MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 18-3-7 A hydraulic-controlled sway bar gives Maine potato farmer Glenn Duff more control over 3-pt. mounted equipment. Duff attached a hydraulic cylinder to a telescoping sway bar that he made out of a piece of 1 1/2 in. dia. pipe with a piece of 1 1/4-in. pipe inside. Then he welded regular sway bar ends to either end of the bar. He attached "ears" to the cylinder and then welded them to the sway bar. They're set so the piston cylinder is ex-tended about half way at the normal setting. That way he can use the cylinder to move the 3-pt. arms either way. "It works great for any row crop work, particularly cultivating on side hills. Makes it easy to hold equipment on the row," notes Duff, who uses the adjustable sway bar on his Massey Ferguson 180 and 1080 tractors. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Glenn E. Duff, RR 2, Box 317, Houlton, Maine 04730 (ph 207 532-2669).

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