Needed- early B7100 stabilizer mounting ears

[hodge]

I have a customer who wants telescoping stabilizers for his B7100, but its missing the ears. Anybody got some for sale?

 

[Lil Foot]

Hey, those look familiar....

 

[Lil Foot]

I think I had an extra set, but sold them. (about 90% sure anyway)
Can't readily check, the tractor and assorted accouterments are 150mi from here.
I will check next time I go there, but not sure when that might be.

 

[Lencho]

Hodge,
I am curious about what you design and build your B7100 stabilizer to fit? Do most have these “ears” or not. Does it matter for your design or will it work with either connection? I’m guessing you have the most direct experience here and I appreciate your expertise.
Thanks.

 

[hodge]

Hodge,
I am curious about what you design and build your B7100 stabilizer to fit? Do most have these “ears” or not. Does it matter for your design or will it work with either connection? I’m guessing you have the most direct experience here and I appreciate your expertise.
Thanks.

The early B7100's have an ear on each side, installed on the common shaft beside each lift arm pivot ball. The turnbuckles attach to the ears, one on each side. On newer models tractors, they attached to a common pivot plate mounted underneath the PTO shaft.

 

[Lencho]

Does that change align with the front Hub switch from 4 to 6 bolts? What Messicks calls “old” and “new” B7100s?
I have the “new” version, about 1994, with 6 bolt front wheels and the common pivot plate.

 

[Lil Foot]

I have the old style, 1978 sold in 1979, 4 bolt wheels, and the stabilizer mounting ears.
In fact, those are my stabilizer mounting ears & 3pt setup that Hodge pictured above.
I'm pretty sure I sold those, (they had been hammered on) and I had a set of new ones to replace them.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The early B7100's have an ear on each side, installed on the common shaft beside each lift arm pivot ball. The turnbuckles attach to the ears, one on each side. On newer models tractors, they attached to a common pivot plate mounted underneath the PTO shaft.

Your into fabricating, you can't just make up a pair?

 

[hodge]

Sure. However, it would be easier to get a set from someone (found a set today), than to direct the customer in getting me the necessary measurements to successfully build them.
I will build a template from the ones I found today, so that in the future I can fabricate them myself.