Warning Check your JD 750A Drawbar !!!!

[Pilatus]

Today while travelling on single track country lane ,the box section going from the main drill chassis/framework "Snapped" nearly completely all they way round,caused the driver quite a shock, as the drill chewed in to the tarmac.!!! The contractor managed to get it welded up in the lane ,to get drill back to workshop, but suggest you may wish to check your JD 750A, it could have caused chaos if it had broke on a busy road.
Of course the drawbar on newer models of the 750a may have been strengthened.
If the above problem has already been discussed in the past all well and good.

 

[Feldspar]

@Simon Chiles

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

pics?

 

[Pilatus]

pics?

None,I was asked to take wooden blocks,and then I went to end of lane to stop traffic, till police arrived with road closed. Taking pics was not on my mind

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

well pics of welded area then. So we know what were looking for.

 

[Pilatus]

well pics of welded area then. So we know what were looking for.[/QUO


. It is being strengthened up today,so I will try and take pics when I am next near the drill.

 

[Simon Chiles]

It was common for older drills to crack halfway down the drawbar where the central drawbar met the the two braces that go to the frame. Newer versions have plates welded top and bottom that should cure the problem. It only occurred on high acreage drills and by welding plates on was easily cured.

 

[Pilatus]

It was common for older drills to crack halfway down the drawbar where the central drawbar met the the two braces that go to the frame. Newer versions have plates welded top and bottom that should cure the problem. It only occurred on high acreage drills and by welding plates on was easily cured.

Thanks,that is just where this one broke.

 

[Simon Chiles]

Thanks,that is just where this one broke.

I'm surprised it wasn't noticed before it became serious. As I said above welding plates top and bottom is a permanent cure for the problem.

 

[Andrew K]

How many tons were in the hopper when the breakage occurrred?