Cushioned draw bar?

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03-09-2005 | 03:36 PM

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Iron Mike

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Originally posted by bmoeller
DMI makes one like that.

http://www.davisequip.com/Quic.html

That sure looks like it. Thanks for the info. I know they pull the crap out of it. They always buy 2 brand new pickups at a time and run the heck out of them for about 10 years. They must farm about 3,500 acres now. They pull lots of goosenecks and huge gravity flows with seed etc.

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03-09-2005 | 06:36 PM

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bmoeller

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Originally posted by Eskimo
My choice (budget restricted) is between a regular cushioned drawbar, or the 4-way cushioned one that also has the bushings vertically.. There's a ~$20 difference (60 vs. 80) in the price.. is the vertical damping worth it?

I don't know that it will make that much difference. Not a big problem for me, even pulling empty fertilizer buggies. If you pull a [tag] trailer that is doing that, you probably need to move the weight around, if that is an option.

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Originally posted by Iron Mike
That sure looks like it. Thanks for the info. I know they pull the crap out of it. They always buy 2 brand new pickups at a time and run the heck out of them for about 10 years. They must farm about 3,500 acres now. They pull lots of goosenecks and huge gravity flows with seed etc.

You're welcome. They farm about 500 more acres than we do. I've been working for the same guy for 7yrs.

I looked into those DMI hitches, but this made the most sense (and cents