WHAT HANDY 3-POINT EQUIPMENT DO YOU HAVE - EITHER PURCHASED OR FABRICATED?

Posted by Ken McWilliams on April 05, 2001 at 10:28:02 from (38.232.245.103):

Since I've had a tractor with a 3 point hitch, I've bought and made several attachments for my tractor that's aided quite a bit around the farm. Some have been temporary and some have been permanent.

What's been handy for you?

Are there any neat and unusual applications that you have?

My 3-point stuff are:

USUAL STUFF:
Plows, drawbar, 6' rotary mower, flail mower, scraper blade, 12" & 18" post-hole drill, 1-row cultivator, discs, 7'sickle mower, field sprayer, middle buster plow.

UNUSUAL STUFF:
Cement mixer. Very handy when you don't want to call a cement truck or pour at some remote spot. I cemented my fence posts and had to go nearly a quarter mile to pour. By the time I was where the post was to be cemented the load was thoroughly mixed -- Try this with an electric driven mixer and extension cord! -purchased

Ford jack that uses the 3-point hitch to lift the tractor off the ground.- Came with an old 8N that I had.

Fork lift to move skids of bricks around when building my house. The forks match the openings in a skid of bricks - fabricated

Grass catcher. I purchased this at an auction. It has a flail mower/blower and shoots the cuttings into a trailing wheeled box. The box dumps and has a clam shell rear door. The box has wire mesh on top to keep the clippings and let out the air. It was made by "Grounds Keeper", but I've never been able to find the manufacturer. I find it very handy in late summer or early fall when the pastures have dried up and the hay fields won't grow enough to make more hay. I'll mow a few strips in the hay fields per day, and dump the clippings in the pasture to feed the livestock. This way it stretches my hay supply.

Tree spade. I got it an an auction. It's a very unusual design and doesn't work very well (that's probably why it was at a consignment auction). It has 2 cylinders, a hydraulic motor, 3 gang valve and PTO pump which made it worth buying alone.

Utility box that doubled as a loader bucket before I got a front loader. I could release the top link and dump with it. It was very handy for toting the chainsaw and tools to the woods before I got the front loader. Also, I would use it when doing yard work when hauling shovels of sod and dirt when doing edging or making a plant bed - fabricated.

Engine lift. I took a piece of 4" square tubing to act as a boom to reach in under the windshield of a van to remove the engine. I actually used an overhead chain hoist to lift the engine, but used the tractor top link to act as a pivot point. As I raised the engine out of the van, the van was moved backwards until the engine was out hanging on the improvise boom. - fabricated.

Potato plow. An old fashioned potato (potatoe - Dan Quaile spelling version)plow was converted from a drawbar pull-type to 3-point attachment. - fabricated.

Fork lift. A friend gave me some 4' long forks off of a fork truck. I welded a frame and hung the forks on rails to give adjustable widths. This has been a very handy tool. I often use it to move equipment around in the field when mowing so I don't have to mount each piece of equipment to move it. Also, I keep a skid of scrap iron. When I need ballast for the front loader I just back the forks into the skid, and I'm on my way. - fabricated.

Lift boom. That's before I got the front loader. Sometimes when I don't have the loader on the tractor, I'll use the boom.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE OR UNUSUAL 3-POINT IMPLEMENT?

Ken McWilliams
Dayton, OH

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