Changing Fast Hitch to Industrial

I have the Fast hitch on my 3 point, and only about 2 of my implements will hook up to it. Someone told me to look into converting it to an Industrial hitch and that way most implements would fit.

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Jerry

If it is fast hitch conversion, you will need offset hitch forks. On the other hand if your tractor is 3 point with quick hitch adaptor just remove the quick hitch adaptor, and you will have standard 3 point.

In reality, I'm not sure what I have. The model of the tractor is a International 240-U. I have been told that I have a fast hitch with Tell-a-Depth and traction controls.

My problem is that the frame of the lift arms are rigidly fixed in place, and some of the equipment I have is a little wider than the arms.

I hope this helps. If you need any more info, just ask, and I'll do what I can to answer.

Jerry

You could remove the entire bottom half of that hitch and replace it with 3 point hitch. this would require some fabrication and a bit of engineering. You may in fact be able to buy a change over kit from a company like Saganaw Tractor. I should point out these are not industrial hitches, just farm 3 point hitches.

Without seeing exactly what you have, I have been assuming tractor is as it came from factory with a 3 point conversion added. A photo would be nice for myself or anyone else giving advice. Then we are sure we are starting from where you are at, as opposed to where we think you are at. That part can get costly. No point in hunting rabbits with cannon.

Hi Hugh: Thanks for getting back to me on this issue. I a went and took some pictures of the 3 point setup, and I'll upload them with this message.

The pic is under the galleries help identify section. It is entitled 1964 240-U Hitch.

Sorry if any of this information is redundant. I wasn't quite sure if messages posted the info, and I haven't done this before.

Jerry

One option that might work well for you would be to get a pair of regular two point Fast Hitch sockets (pin right on) and a pair of individual prongs that will adapt from 2 point to either category 1 or 2 hitches. You will also need to add a bracket for a standard 3 point top link. There is a place to bolt a bracket on the top of the transmission housing.

The 2 links are parallel, the angle of the picture makes it look otherwise. The entire bottom assembly is different, pins to the bail in place of the two point sockets.

Here is a page out of the Parts Catalog that gives a different view.

By the way, there was also a three point "industrial" hitch for the 240U that did not have traction control. I believe it was intended for highway mowers and the like.

Jim also calls this an IH option. I do know IH were pulling straws in the late 50's, trying to satisfy the 3 point customers. This was especially true with utilities like 240, 340, 350, 330. IH were looseing these customers in droves to MF and Ford. The Farmall crowd really didn't get too upset as they were still using their old pull type implements for the most part. All fast hitch did for Farmalls was make them harder to mount or dismount. Believe me, I suffered more than one groin injury or mainly pain getting on or off the 560. Soon as I got my 656 that 560 fast hitch was cut up for scrap, and 560 got a new Farmall M drawbar.

Jim may be can shed a bit of light on this, as I have a gut feeling he may have experienced this as a dealer. There are a couple of spots both north and south of the Canada-US border where the names Becker and IH shared that relationship.

Here in SW Ontario a family by the name Becker had a very large dealership, if I remember correctly 2,3 or 4 outlets in as many towns. Was there a family connection to your family.

I lived in Nova Scotia at that time so really all I know of these people is what I saw touring the countryside.

I have been doing a little writing for Red Power Magazine lately. If you are a reader of it, you may have seen my name there as well.

I suspect the Beckers here in Ontario have been here well over 100 years. Just looking at the communities where the name seems most common. They look like the 1890's crowd. Whole communities were settled here in the 1890's and they named the communities, with names from home.