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3pt. connection- How do you do it.

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Jeff-OH

06-19-2003 09:09:28

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Okay, I now have a bush hog, and a blade to level the drive. Here's my question for discussion.

How do you connect the implement to the three point? I mean... I back the tractor to the bush hog, and can line one arm up with the pin, but invarriably the other is nowhere near the pin on the other side. There is no hope of moving the mower by hand. I then end up draging the mower with one end hooked up while I try to align the other.

Also what do you do with the stablizer bars when you are moving from one implement to another?

Mine drop to the ground which is okay as long as you are going forward. When I backup I end up tying them together with the rop over the lift arms... Of course the rope interfears with the implement.

Interested in your thoughts...
Jeff

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Doug L - CA

06-20-2003 13:46:07

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

WHile I'm still real new to this, I keep a few pieces of bailing wire or similar. When I unhook, I just use the wire to tie the stab bars to the links, then when close to the new implement, I unhook them.

The bungee sounds like the easiest though.

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Jeff-OH

06-20-2003 07:15:26

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

Thanks for your replies. Switching implements for me is a lot of hoppong on and off the tractor. Thanks for commerizerating with me.

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Tbone

06-19-2003 20:23:45

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

You can never back up to the implement perfectly every time, but you get better with practice. It doesn't matter which side you hook first. Back up to your implement as strait as possible, as you get within a few inches adjust your lift arms to the same elevation as your hitch pins. Hook the side that lines up first, then back up alittle to line up the other side. All that's left is the top link. Many times the implement on the ground is tilted down toward the tractor and you have to adjust the toplink almost all the way in. To get around this just pick up your lift arms until your toplink is close and do the last little bit by hand. Hope this helps.

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R W

06-19-2003 15:31:08

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

I bent the #$%^ arms backing up - twice before I found a simple solution. I keep a rubber bungee cord across the rear fenders about level with the upper link. When I remove implements I simply stretch it and rest the bars above it. It really doesn't get in the way of anything. The old K.I.S.S. principle hard at work.

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Phil (VA)

06-19-2003 13:02:54

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

Stabilizer bars are cheap. Most of my implements are stored close together when not on the tractor. I just leave one or two stabilizer bars sitting on an implement and grab it the next time I hook up. You are correct that it is impractical to leave them on the tractor, unless you rig something on the back of the lift arm to hold the loose end, i.e., so it doesn't drop to the ground. If you have a linch pin slot there, sometimes you can put a linch pin in it and leave the pin ring sticking up and that will hold the stabilizer temporarily.

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john(UK)

06-19-2003 12:03:58

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Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to Jeff-OH, 06-19-2003 09:09:28

THe correct way to hitch up to 3 point linkage is left link, then right link, if it doesnt line up adjust the levelling lever to lift or lower that link arm so you can slide it on the pin easily, then the top link is last, you can lift or lower the machine with the hydraulics to do this, well thats what you had to do with the original top links, now you can just screw the top link in or out to line it up. The stabilisers go on last once you have the lower links fitted and you are able to lift the implememt so everything swings into line, the problems start when you have double category link pins fitted to your implement and that means the stabiliser bars have to go on the pin first, before the lower link, so you maybe have to support the stabilisers while you manouvere, but really that isnt too difficult.

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David

06-21-2003 13:57:20

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Re: Re: 3pt. connection- How do you do it. in reply to john(UK), 06-19-2003 12:03:58

Practice helps but more often than not some "adjustment" is needed. If you can get one arm on you might drag the implement back or forward a little with the tractor to get the other one lined up, or maybe lift the hydraulics a bit, or lever implement this way or that with whatever you can find. Some implements always sit out of line and sitting them down on something when you hitch off may help. Whatever you do make sure you think about safety before you do it.

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