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8ntn

11-08-2000 17:19:58

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Are there any safety considerations when hooking to the top link with the third arm as to which of the three to use. Why do they have three? I can't find this in the manual. Thanks for any help.

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no..........Dell (WA)

11-08-2000 23:21:04

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Re: Top Link Hitch Safety in reply to 8ntn, 11-08-2000 17:19:58

..... ..DO NOT EVER PULL ANYTHING..... .. with that handy dandy top link under the N-Tractors seat. I guarantee that you will pull the tractor over on top of you before you can do anything about it and you will leave behind a grieving family to mourn your stupidity.

Now then, if you are talking about the 3-holer upper link connection under your tractor seat (not all N's have 'em), thats a "mechanical amplifier" for the hydraulic "draft" control. A nationally known, well respected N-Tractor guru once adamantly exclaimed. "Don't ever use the top hole, it'll muck up your hydraulics innards".

Oh yeah, that little lever under the 8N's seat is not to flush with. It up for everything position control except for draft/plowing control when it is horizontal.

Dell..... .The self-appointed safety preacher, praising Henry and advocating the Over Running Coupler (ORC) on the PTO shaft for brushoggin.

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Jim.Ut

11-08-2000 19:57:21

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Re: Top Link Hitch Safety in reply to 8ntn, 11-08-2000 17:19:58

I've been wondering the same thing. What is the relative advantage to each hole. Obviously there has to be a reason there is more than one hole. If someone could elaborate on top link theory it might help us neophytes make optimum use of our tractors. Anyone?

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Nolan

11-09-2000 03:24:16

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Re: Re: Top Link Hitch Safety in reply to Jim.Ut, 11-08-2000 19:57:21

It's to adjust sensitivity when in draft control. You would use the higher holes if you were lightly plowing in loose sandy soil, and the lower holes if you were deeply plowing in clay. For position control, you use the lower hole.

It is especially important to use the lower hole when doing things like brush hogging. If you were to use the upper holes, you greatly increase the likelyhood of breaking things when the hog hits a stump.

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bob[pa]

11-08-2000 17:38:42

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Re: Top Link Hitch Safety in reply to 8ntn, 11-08-2000 17:19:58

i have read that you should use lower hole for heavy work.

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