Equal Angle Hitch Pin - Source?

[Bill VA]

I am fabbing-up an equal angle hitch to fit the fast hitch on my Farmall 350 such that I can use it with my JD square baler. The only thing I need now is
the vertical hitch pin to which the baler tongue is attached. I looked on JD parts, but they dont show this item as separate.

Im looking for what amounts to a lift arm pin with a 1.25 diameter, same as a cat 3 top link pin.

Any ideas where I can find such a pin?

Thanks!

 

[rrlund]

Isn't it just a cat 2 lower link pin? Available wherever they're sold.

 

[Tx Jim]

(quoted from post at 08:06:51 09/18/22) Isn't it just a cat 2 lower link pin? Available wherever they're sold.

Ditto Cat ll draft pin. That type pin is what I used to pull equipment with Equal-angle hitch with my pickup truck. Show in photo below is one of the simpler EA adapters that JD offered yrs ago.

 

[Bill VA]

No - cat 2 is 1.125, this pin is 1.25 diameter.

 

[Bill VA]

Ive got one of those, its to loose. Cat 2 is 1.125 dia, this pin is 1.25 diameter. Were it not on a baler, I feel ok about using it, but given the back and
forth hammering of a square baler, I want an exact fit.

Thanks!

 

[Traditional Farmer]

Get a piece of pipe for a bushing

 

[Tx Jim]

I sure thought swivel ball on hitch of 348 baler had a 1.125 hole not 1.250 hole. I know the 347 sq baler I sold last year that the hole was 1.125 in the hitch ball that Cat ll draft pin snugly fit in hole.

 

[rrlund]

How big is a cat 3?

 

[Bill VA]

1.44 inch dia - to large.

 

[Bill VA]

Yea - I thought this pin would be the easiest part of the fab...

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

Get a cat. 3 pin and have a machine shop turn it down. I doubt the little bit of slop from a cat 2 pin would make that much difference. Tom

 

[Tx Jim]

CORRECTION:
I just checked JD 348 parts catalog & later model 348's had 1-1/4 swivel ball hole size.

 

[calfeeder]

I think the part number you need is FH303437

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I know you've already found your solution but we've run New Holland and IH balers with 7/8" draw pins in 1-1/4" holes for decades and never really noticed the baler slamming back and forth against the pin.

Also, as it appears that you have the equal-angle hitch, why not transfer the pin over to your adapter?

 

[Bill VA]

Not sure the hole in my plate is the same diameter,
but I was sure the cat 2 pin would suffice which I
found out different. I think with the brass tube fitting
we are good to go long term. Got lucky on that
find