How to straighten a bent drag harrow?

[LDowney]

Hey guys. I recently bought a drag harrow and when it arrived, I noticed it was bent in areas. I guess someone tried to pick it up while it was still attached to something heavy and bent a section of the "V" pieces. I think it will still work but would like to hear some suggestions on how to bend those stretched out "V" sections back to their normal "V" shape. Fortunately the place I bought it from credited me back my full amount paid since it was damaged. I know I've said it on this forum before, but you just can't beat the customer service Agri-Supply gives here in NC. Great company.

So if anyone know's a method or tool I can use to close these stretched out "V" sections of the harrow, please let me know. I was thinking of some type of vise mechanism. The steel is very thick on this harrow. Trust me, it doesn't bend back with all my weight on it. I will need a tool on method. I thought about used the hydraulics of my tractor and lowering the bucket on each area to close them up but think that might be a little dangerous trying to hold it steady.

Here is a picture of the harrow.

 

[Diydave]

Hey guys. I recently bought a drag harrow and when it arrived, I noticed it was bent in areas. I guess someone tried to pick it up while it was still attached to something heavy and bent a section of the "V" pieces. I think it will still work but would like to hear some suggestions on how to bend those stretched out "V" sections back to their normal "V" shape. Fortunately the place I bought it from credited me back my full amount paid since it was damaged. I know I've said it on this forum before, but you just can't beat the customer service Agri-Supply gives here in NC. Great company.

So if anyone know's a method or tool I can use to close these stretched out "V" sections of the harrow, please let me know. I was thinking of some type of vise mechanism. The steel is very thick on this harrow. Trust me, it doesn't bend back with all my weight on it. I will need a tool on method. I thought about used the hydraulics of my tractor and lowering the bucket on each area to close them up but think that might be a little dangerous trying to hold it steady.

Here is a picture of the harrow.
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Hard to see from the tiny picture, but I know what you are talkin about. I have a big old vise, mounted in a reese hitch, clamp the bent piece(s) in the center, then take a long 1/2" pipe, and bend them back to what the other pieces look like. On the vise I have, I made it, so it has a real long tube, so you can really stretch it out from the truck. Because it sits real low, you can work on heavy stuff real close to the ground...

 

[Russell King]

Can't really see the problem but perhaps you could use a length of pipe or two to bend them back into position


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[D2Cat]

Try what Russell suggest, a piece of pipe a couple of feel long to slide over it sand bent it. Probably have to flip the whole thing over to get room to work.