Re: Fast hitch, arrogance or ignorance?

Posted by BOBM25 on April 27, 2007 at 10:54:01 from (69.68.42.16):

In Reply to: Fast hitch, arrogance or ignorance? posted by IH Red on April 26, 2007 at 19:31:20:

I don't think it was arrogance. Every manufacturer had their own style hitch back then. I'm sure the idea behind it was to sell implements as well as tractors. The fast hitch was sweet. The draft control was pretty primitive by todays standards, but then again about everybody's draft control back then wasn't real good. I always kinda thought Ferguson had the 3pt in the 40's, then AC came up with the snap coupler, then IH the fast hitch. Deere did nothing and waited to see what developed. IH and AC kept their respective hitches copyrighted, Ferguson/Ford did not, so Deere adopted the 3pt. After that half of the major agriculture equipment manufacturers of the time were using the 3pt, so it just started snowballing. Its just too bad that we ended up with clumsiest hitch for the rest of eternity. Anybody else's design is faster and more user friendly than the 3pt. But the 3pt is the strongest. The fast hitch would have had to undergo some major changes to be able to handle today's stuff. Could you imagine a fast hitch 13 knife anhydrous applicator?

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