Warning Tag

[SuburbanFarmer]

Cleaning out the under-hood tool box last night, I came across this tag. I seem to remember that it was originally on a chain, maybe used as a lock to keep the hydraulic handle down when using the _____. (forgot the name of them.. like stabilizer bars, but fix the drawbar vertical height.)

Wonder how many of these tags are still around?! ;-)

 

[steve19438]

not common but not rare either.

 

[Tom H.]

That?s the tag from the safety chain. They were attached to stop the lift arm from being used when the drawbar was to be locked in position.

 

[miner09]

We threw them away years ago. Seems it was always in the way.We row cropped and didn't use the draw bar a lot. Now I wish I had everything I threw away.

 

[Jim in rush co]

I got mine

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Selling as a complete genuine set , plate , chains and wedge for $300. Aus here . This has prompted a few shifty types to reproduce them in the back shed and pass them off as real ones .

 

[thehickdaddy]

I just handled the warning tag a few hours ago so figured I would try to post a few pics.
I was spreading fertilizer on hay fields and filbert orchards with to 30 with a 3 point spreader.
The spreader has SWAY braces to keep the machine stable side to side.
The machine also has STAY braces to keep the spreader at a constant height. The tag is chained to the stay braces to tie the hydraulic lever down so as not to run the pump unnecessarily.

 

[thehickdaddy]

Try it again

 

[thehickdaddy]

Few more shots of stay braces on the hinged pin up top. We use them on several things such as draw bar, sprayers, pallet forks, etc