Re: Fast hitch, arrogance or ignorance?

Posted by chadd on April 27, 2007 at 11:48:15 from (155.92.32.116):

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

From what I've heard, at no point did Ford and Ferguson "rip IH a new one." Yes, there were Fords in the area, but they were not used for any field work, except maybe pulling wagons, working hay equipment and operating a loader. If you did any tillage, it was either JD, IH, Oliver, or Allis. Why did they stay with the two point hitch? Because it was just as capable as the 3pt that became an industry standard. Our 806 has a two point (with adapters to make it a three point when needed) and our 966 and 2500A have three point. When hooking up 3pt implements, it usually involves fighting with the arms and the heavy implement trying to get the main arms lined up and then hooked up, then hooking up the 3rd arm, which is never set at the right length, so you have to screw it all the way in and then lengthen it again, and then put the pins through to hold the arms in place. At least 15 to 20 minutes are wasted just getting everything attached. Even with removing the drawbar, I can put a two point implement on the tractor by just backing up in one or two tries in less then 10 minutes. The adapters for our 2 point are also quick attach three point arms (no metal balls in the arms, the arm has a big U cut into it from the top where the ball would be with a spring loaded latch), so instead of removing pins and such, I just back up with the hitch lowered, get lined up as best as I can, and then lift the arms up. The pins slide into the U and the latch closes the top of the U when the pin is in place. Then I just need to put the third arm on, and didn't have to do any aligning.
Also, as tractor vet mentioned, the hydraulic raising and lowering drawbar is a wonderful feature. We've had implement hitches sink in, jacks fall over, etc. If it weren't for the 806 with the two point, it would require getting a loader and a chain and raising the hitch up to get it attached. As long as our farm keeps going, there will be one tractor around with a 2pt.

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• Re: Fast hitch, arrogance or ignorance? IH Red 19:42:46 04/27/07 (0)

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