Farmall H 3 Point Questions

Any suggestions or concern I should have? Any manufacturer's recommendations?

Is the Saginaw a good one to go with?

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Thanks,

Scott

As far as equipment, try an ad in some of your local (rural) weekly papers. I have had very good success finding everything from a 2 bottom pull type plow to a soybean spiral.

Even with a 3 pt., I'd go with a pull type plow (i.e. JD 44 2-16) since you will not have any kind of draft control. A pull type works pretty good, cuts through and covers lots of trash, and can be adjusted to make nice even furrows. It does have some trouble taking full slices on side hills. They made a ton of them and parts are easily available.

I am keeping an eye out for a wheel disk to cut down so that my H is be able to pull it. Most of the small 3 pt. disks look like toy accessories for an atv. If you pick up more than about 500 pounds with the three point, the front end get a little light.

Financially the best choice is to either buy drag type equipment or sell your H and buy a newer tractor. Most of the 300's and 400's already have the 3 pt conversion on them and the 460's and 560's came with 3 pts. The 300 - 560's run just $500 or so more than the H and M's around here and you get a tractor that is 20 years newer and has live hydraulics and live pto plus the 3 pt hitch.

Of course if you like the H and want to keep it then it is a personal decision and not a financial one and the saginaw is a nice good looking 3pt hitch.

My 2 cents....