Load Stabilizer Effective Safety Device

Load Stabilizer Effective Safety Device HITCHES Hitches 19-1-11 "It's simple but it works like a charm," says Hughesville, Mo., farmer Mike Cornine about the "Load Stabilizer" he made for his Deere 4450 tractor. The invention keeps drawbars from swaying, preventing broken or bent draw-bars. The device could be tailored to fit any tractor, Cornine notes. "There's nothing like it on the market," he says, "and I'd like to find a manufacturer interested in producing it." Cornine got the idea for the "Load Stabilizer" a few years ago when a tractor drawbar snapped while his wife was hauling grain in a 500-bu. cart. Luckily, no one was hurt, but Cornine wasn't taking any more chances. So he made a unit from a length of H-beam that attaches to the tractor's quick coupler and drawbar preventing vertical and horizontal sway by evenly distributing weight. Plus, when the tractor's load and depth controls are activated, the "Load Stabilizer" greatly improves traction, Cornine adds. The "Load Stabilizer" for Cornine's Deere tractor is a 35 1/4-in. length of H-beam that's bent at a 45 degree angle 7 1/4 in. from the top end. There's an 8-in. by 1 3/4-in. hole in the bend. The hole fits over the hook on the tractor's quick coupler. The bottom of the bar is cut off at a 15 degree angle. A 3 1/2-in. by 2 1/2-in. steel plate, 5/8-in. thick, welds to it. Holes 3/4-in. in dia. are bored in the plate to correspond with holes in the drawbar so the device can be bolted on. Cornine has used the "Load Stabilizer" on his tractor for four years without bending or breaking another drawbar. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Cornine, Rt. 1, Box 43, Hughesville, Mo. 65334 (ph 816-827-0722).

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