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Attaching Implements Easier Ideas

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Richard Fazio

07-02-2001 04:18:11




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Everytime I want to switch implements I end up fighting with them to get them on. With the stays it even worse. Sometimes two or three times a day, from back blade to rake, to brush hog. There has to be a better way. I've seen those quick attach three point adapters, and hear they are not much better. I was thinking of hanging the heavy stuff on chain. I'd put a beam across the shed and hang chain for the bush hog and back blade. Let them hang sort of balanced so you could move them a around easily. Does anyone have a better idea or method they use.

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Buy more tractors!........Jim.UT....n/t

07-02-2001 15:01:16




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
8^)



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Greg-VT

07-02-2001 12:17:23




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
Whatever you do don't get confused and hang the wife up in the barn and kiss the implement.



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Richard Fazio

07-02-2001 12:03:29




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
I think I lke the two tractor idea the best, but getting the wife to agree is probably harder than attaching the implements. I might give Jake's old tire idea a try it sounds promising.



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philm - think this through

07-02-2001 12:39:07




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 Re: Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 12:03:29  
I put my dirt scoop on a tire and it was so unstable I was concerned that my toddler (who climbs on everything) could topple it over onto him. May not be a concern for some but was for me.



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philm

07-02-2001 11:34:52




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
I did see a post here a while back from a guy who had like 9 tractors and almost never had to change implements. But for us common folk...
A variation of tlak's method, I hook up one lift arm, then the top link and use the top link to pull the other side in. This works better for me with the disc. I do keep my boom lift up on dunnage as it is difficult to manage with one person.



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Sam (Mo.)

07-02-2001 07:19:14




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
I do keep my post-hole digger (auger) hanging from a chain in the barn. That makes it a lot easier to attach to a tractor. For the other implements, I think that's why I keep two good 8N's - I'm too lazy to be changing implements all the time.

All summer, I keep the brush-hog on one (it's a real bear to attach) and I use other implements such as a dirt scoop or blade as needed on the other tractor. When I have a big digging project, I put the two-bottom plow on one tractor and the dirt scoop on the other, then I alternate working with the two of them so I don't have to change implements.

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Ryan - IN

07-02-2001 06:37:11




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
I suggest getting another tractor, and make sure you tell the wife it is "for her". . worked for me. . she now mows the yard with it and drives it quite often. Of couse, this is true with Allis-Chalmers, but may not be with Ford.



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tlak

07-02-2001 05:09:50




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
A big bar is handy in that you can pry the implement back and forth with leverage. I also hook up the two arms and then pick it up till the top link is where I want it, then adjust top link and hook it up. Your not extending it to hook up then readjusting it. I noticed on alot of new implements that they have leveling or storage legs to hold the implement at hook up level. Some others talk about wheeled carts to set each implement on, nice wish list but I see a seperate custom cart for each with a flat floor.

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Ed-Illinois

07-02-2001 04:27:26




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 Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Richard Fazio, 07-02-2001 04:18:11  
I keep some 4x4 scrap pieces near where I put the implements. When I drop one off, I make sure to put a scrap underneath so the hitch is elevated. Then when I hook back up I back up with the three point hitch all the way down. Since the arms are gravity down, I can pick them up instaed of the implement and line them up with the posts. Top link connection is then made easier by using the bottom arms to assist with lift.

But it is still a pain.

ed

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Big Jake

07-02-2001 07:30:13




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 Re: Re: Attaching Implements Easier Ideas in reply to Ed-Illinois, 07-02-2001 04:27:26  
try setting the implement on some old tires. This allows some freedom of movement hook the implement up.



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