Category 2 Attachments

[Dead Horse]

Yep, using bushings to make a cat I implement fit a cat II tractor is the first step in a potentially dangerous journey.

A cat II pto can turn a cat I implement into a pretzle, and the tractor will not even stall................

Thank gott in himmel fer shear pins........

and yeah, cat II stuff is expensive!

 

[sweettractors]

Why is it there seems to be very few implements/attachments for category two hitches? (75-100hp range) After looking at attachments for CUT's and SCUT's I noticed there are very few attachments for the larger utility tractors.

Most utility work is done by under 50 hp tractors on the farm and they are almost always cat 1. The bigger tractors will find matching tools with cat 2 on such things as Disc Mowers, 3 bottom plows, 2-3-4 shank subsoilers, chisel plows and 7 ft and larger rototillers, etc. These type implements are usually seen at the dealers in farming country. Dealers that specialize in CUT's and Sub CUT's have no need to have cat 2 implements on their lots. Ken Sweet

 

[clemsonfor]

I thought Cat 2 was switched over aroung upper 30hp to mid 40 hp. I have a buddy that has a JD1020 tractor from the 60's and its cat 2. but he uses cat one implements. He really only uses a finish mower on it to cut his grass.

 

[MMagis]

Yep, using bushings to make a cat I implement fit a cat II tractor is the first step in a potentially dangerous journey.

A cat II pto can turn a cat I implement into a pretzle, and the tractor will not even stall................

Thank gott in himmel fer shear pins........

A little over dramatized, don't you think.

 

[clemsonfor]

My buddy has been using cat 1 implements on his JD cat 2 tractor for years, now maybe its jsut cat 2 arms? but he has not twisted his tiller or bushhog or finish mower up yet. I think that is why they make sheer pins once the force is reached that the implement cant take the bolt snaps.

 

[Dead Horse]

A little over dramatized, don't you think.

No, I do not. you of course, are not obligated to agree. Such disagreement does not nullify the damage I have personally observed when a cat II tractor overpowers a cat I attachment.

Do you shake a child's hand as if it were a full grown man? Proper "situational awareness" and attention the facts can make for harmonious operation.

I run cat I attachments on my cat II tractor, Also. Understanding that the tractor CAN overpower the attachment does not mean it has to. Only stupidity ensures that outcome.

 

[clemsonfor]

This makes perfect sense for a flimsy 5ft box blade made for a 30 hp cat 1 tractor being pulled by a 75 hp AG tractor that it will just twist it up and pull the pins out, but how can a PTO twist up a bushhog when the shear pin breaks long before gearbox damage or damage to the structure should occur, just curious?

 

[MMagis]

Understanding that the tractor CAN overpower the attachment does not mean it has to. Only stupidity ensures that outcome.

That was sort of my point. That's not what your original post stated.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Dad would say some guys could tear up a steel anvil with a small ballpeen hammer. Any equipment mangled is due to an accident or lack of care. I have broken and bent stuff not to the point that it was not repairable.

 

[sweettractors]

Dad would say some guys could tear up a steel anvil with a small ballpeen hammer. Any equipment mangled is due to an accident or lack of care. I have broken and bent stuff not to the point that it was not repairable.

That old saying is around here too. However, it is with a "Rubber Hammer" Ken Sweet