help makin my own spring assist

[jamesm]

The dims I gave you are for the spring assest that mounts to the left rear of the tractor that assest the lift on the tractor. Assests in lifting mower deck, front blade or whatever is used on the 3 pt. I was just reffering to the snowthrower that they made an assest just for it.

[Mountain Heritage]

Mountain Heritage,

Would you tell me more about the "press wheel springs" from "other color" tractor dealers?


Well....lets see....

They are used on corn planters in their "row units" (White, New Idea, John Deere - that I know of for sure). If I remeber correctly they have two different sizes (length for sure), pretty sure the diameter is the same. They use them to provide down pressure on the "row unit" when the planter is down and actually "planting". There is 4 per row unit at the front of it (in front of the seed box) 2 per side, they are right behind the main beam of the planter. So as the planter is drawn down the field behind the tractor, the opener disc's and press wheels are riding on the ground. When you come to ground that isn't worked up as much, trash on the ground (last years corn stalks or soybean stocks, sod, etc) the springs prodive down pressure to keep the row unit down and forces the seed openers to cut in the the ground. This makes a consistant "trench" for the seed to be dropped into. Then the large flat packer wheels run over it and push the ground and seed into the ground. The last part of the row unit then passes over where the seed has been placed in the trench and it has two wheels that are angled towards one another....like.... \ / that and they provide a little "hill" of groudn over top of where the seed has been placed. There is one and sometimes two springs in front of these wheels under the frame that provides down pressure to keep the wheels down in the ground to make that little "hill" consistantly throughout the row. I sat down pressure for the last set of wheels but they are more pulling the wheels down and forward towards the front part of the row unit.

Hopefully this will help.....I will see if I find a picture to explain it better......they are kinda strong springs!??

[eastonct124]

Jamesm, are those dimensions including the hook?

[Mountain Heritage]

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These are the best I can find right now.....if you have a JD dealer near you...best thing to do is go see them, have them show you the springs on the row units of a JD planter.....7000 series planter should have them on it if I remember correctly?

Sorry I can't find a better picture

[Yosemite Sam]

Wow, Mountain Heritage, thanks for the info and the pic's, from what I can see those really kinda look like what I'm wanting.

[jamesm]

Yes, from inside the hook to the end of the spring. If you know where there is a front blade just look at it. The assest spring is the same with one hook cut off. I have made two assest springs by cutting the hook off and welding a nut in the cutoff end. That is how the factory assest spring looks like they were made.

[eastonct124]

I must be thick headed....which spring did you use, the trip-spring off a fullsize snow plow?
And I know exactly how you made it, I just want to make sure I'm using the right spring, and it's the correct length.
You are measuring just the coils, or coils and the one hook?
I apologize for asking again....just want to do it right.

[jamesm]

Yes the spring I used is from a cub cadet snow plow. The measurment is the coils and one hook. I just cut one hook off and weld a nut in the coil after removing the hook.