Separate or Filet? Welding Question

[DirkinOregon]

I folded my Pittman arm which was attached to my drawbar when I was pulling rotten stumps... It looks like the welds were "cold". Looking at the damage, should I cut the vertical arm from the 2" receiver? or should I use a die grinder to open up the old weld and try to re-position back to original?

Sorry, I don't know how to Rotate the pics........

Thanks, Dirk

 

[Roger in Iowa]

Why pull from the arm. It was not designed for that tough of pull.

 

[DirkinOregon]

The arm is vertical. attached to the tractor by the top link. it intersects a channel that acts like a 2" receiver bolted to the drawbar. I had a subsoiler inserted into the receiver. One of the stumps leveraged the subsoiler almost vertical, rotating the drawbar/receiver maybe 60 degrees. Wish I had taken pics when it was folded.

 

[wh]

Cut and reposition.

 

[used red MN]

Hello Dirk, welcome to YT! Where did you get the name “Pittman arm” from? A photo of this do-dad as it is connected to the tractor would be helpful. My “guess” is what wh has suggested is correct.

 

[Scott 730]

So you are pulling stumps with a chain etc. that is connected to the tractor at a point other than the drawbar? If pulling from some kind of a 3 point apparatus count yourself lucky that the weld broke before the tractor came over backwards. Post a picture of the complete gizmo attached to the tractor.

 

[Jim.ME]

I am not surprised that happened. My thought is that receiver hitch adapter with a “subsoiler” in the receiver is just plain too light to begin with. I would expect a subsoiler to hook directly to the three-point as an implement should.

 

[DirkinOregon]

Sorry to confuse the issue. Here are the pics of the whole setup. The "Pittman arm" is the black adapter that hooks the top link to the drawbar. it used to conform to 90 degrees. I have straightened it out from where it was..... bent down on top of the receiver. So back to the question: Do i cut the arm in two or open the weld with a die grinder and re-weld? Thank for your interest/help