Pulling with Three Point HItch

[SPYDERLK]

Agree that as a general rule it is NOT a good idea to pull with the 3pt hitch.. Ground engaging equipment, plow, disk, chisel digger are a whole different thing..
But to pull a 2 or 4 wheel trailer for instance is a bad idea.. In that it can over run the tractor, push the 3pt to the top or farther than its normal travel and in some cases do damage...

Not that being said I used my tractor with a 3pt receiver hitch to move a lot of boats and pontoons around a yard and in and out of buildings.. I put a chain from the receiver hitch to a shackle on my draw bar so the 3pt could not be pushed higher than it would go under normal operation.. Worked well enough..

For skidding logs, I have a short telescoping boom pole (12-20") that pins to the top link of my receiver hitch implement.. I lift the end of a log with that and use another chain to the draw bar to pull the logs with.. Takes a little extra time and trouble, but I have had no issues with this way of doing it..

Keep safe..
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This is an excellent method.

 

[stuckmotor]

I wrapped a chain around the middle of a 3pt hitch drawbar. The drawbar got turned so the flat side was up and down, Then, I pilled another tractor. Now my drawbar has a sway in it.

 

[bcp]

That's what drawbar hooks are made to prevent.

Hook For Drawbar On Tractor 3/4 Pin

Bruce

 

[stuckmotor]

Thanks BCP I wish I'd had one on the day I bent my drawbar.

 

[jeff9366]

Harry Ferguson invented the multi-component Three Point Hitch during and after WWI. He obtained international patents mostly in the period 1932-1936. When implements are mounted on Ferguson's 3-Pt., most of the implement weight is transferred to the tractor's four wheels, improving traction.

Prior to Ferguson's 3-Pt., which included hydraulic lift, Draft Control and centered PTO, implements were often pulled with chains, and tractors, though commonly weighing several tons, often went vertical, then toppled over. With the 3-Pt. tractors could be much lighter; viz the Ford 8N, 9N, etc. ( Fergunson's first major licensing agreement.) Ferguson's patents expired, serially, in the mid-1950s.

Utility size tractors usually include Draft Control as standard equipment.

New plows sold for smaller tractors, which commonly do NOT have Draft Control, have either a trip mechanism or shear bolt protection to decrease the chance of a vertical tractor.

When skidding timber from the drawbar or cross-drawbar you have little or no load transfer to the tractor.

As I was learning about tractor operation I once got a Deere 750 (20-hp) completely vertical when skidding logs from a cross-drawbar. Luckily I had my seatbelt secured. Pulled log stopped against a protruding root and the tractor pivoted around the rear axle in 1/2 second. I NEVER want to repeat that. So, you should elevate the tractor ends of logs being skidded 4" to 6".

Two of use detached the logs and used the chain to pull the tractor back to horizontal without damage to the tractor.

Drawbar T-frame in photo is from OMNI Manufacturing.

LINK TO HANDI HITCH: HANDI HITCH ACCESORIES

 

[jeff9366]

That's what drawbar hooks are made to prevent.

Hook For Drawbar On Tractor 3/4 Pin

An all-in-one Handi Hitch is also good: HANDI HITCH

 

[jeff9366]

For skidding logs, I have a short telescoping boom pole (12-20") that pins to the top link of my receiver hitch implement.. I lift the end of a log with that and use another chain to the draw bar to pull the logs with.. Takes a little extra time and trouble, but I have had no issues with this way of doing it..

Here is Handi Hitch's version of a Short Boom Pole: SHORT BOOM POLE ADAPTER

Available from Agri Supply.

 

[jeff9366]

More for tractor junkies: http://www.iagre.org/sites/iagre.org/files/docs/Ross Macmillan Chapter 6.pdf

 

[Bigfoot62]

This is why you don't pull with the 3PH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKlCtZttqtg

 

[oldpilgrim]

I got this hook from TSC.

Since a 3pt only lifts and a load can push it up causing serious problems, wouldn't you think that, long ago, some genius, could have figured that putting a double action cylinder in the 3pt lift system would be the thing to do?