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I was tired of fighting the 3 point on my tractor. Especially hooking up the mower with the male 3 point pins. I don't know the correct terminology for that style. A full blown quick hitch didn't seem like it would work for me, But this type system so far is fantastic. What would be even better is if you could weld these on. I understand in Europe they use a system like this and once upon a time one of the American brand tractors like a Case or Allis Chalmers used it. Original Pat's Easy Change
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The top link is still as it was?
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The top link is still as it was? I had to buy a longer one. It extends your bottom lift arms about 4 inches. Some PTO shafts may need an extension to work. There are tons on videos and comparisons on YouTube
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All of Jake's Case/IH three points have slide, snap close arms.
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Interesting.
I've become fond of the fender mounted lift/lower controls.
Especially when hooking up alone.
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Been considering a quick hitch for my John Deere just to simplify switching back and forth between bush hog and pasture poop drag. Costs about $500 tho.
For instance, I just completed mowing yesterday(with bush hog) horse pastures and now need to unhook BH and hook up chain harrow. I need to use the harrow monthly to keep horse poop broken and scattered, so a Quick attach/detach unit sounds good. Maybe for Christmas ?????
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Years ago they used to call Ford's three point hitch a , "Sloppy Drawbar". No solid drawbar back then.
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There is one dissenting review on YouTube and he was using a real tractor not a compact like mine. So it's possible once you get into larger cat 2 or 3 that the bolt on retrofit isn't stout enough. Then again he may not have got it adjusted right.
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Any sort of a quicktach makes life a lot simpler. The Balderson on the Cat loader is a Godsend.
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International had their own quick connect, it was a two point system for 2 bottom plows and 5 ft disc , they are not often for sale !
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I've only got 15 hp so the 4 inches would be a non starter. I can barely lift the Bush hog the way it is and I hardly have any weight on the front when I take the weight off the tail wheel.
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$110 at Harbor Freight for Cat 1. Available with various colors of paint from various distributors in Cat I, II, or III.
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My big NH tractor came with a quick hitch, and while I'm sure it's got it's uses, a rear mounted hay spear isn't one of them. I took it off and went back to using the 3 point hitch for the hay spear. The quick hitch wouldn't allow it to pick the hay up off the ground more than just a few inches.
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There is one of those Cat3 hitches in the grass some where. It came with a 1470 I bought about 1990. I'll sell it cheap.
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I had a neighbor who’d simply buy a separate tractor for each piece of equipment. I guess he really hated the 3 point hitch.
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Years ago they used to call Ford's three point hitch a , "Sloppy Drawbar". No solid drawbar back then. Wabi, this is what a Ford 8N/9N/NAA drawbar assembly looked like. The assembly is still available new from Steiner. Or if you were using the draw bar mounted onto the lift arms, anti-sway A bars mounted from below the fenders to the end of the draw bar which took all the side sway out of that system, and support arms were used in an A configuration from the top three point hook to the draw bar ends, which took all the weight off from the hydraulic system.
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I am using a Pat's on my Mahindra 1626. I like it okay. Much better than not having it, but I still have to wrestle with it a bit. Seems like that Harbor Freight one would be easier.
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