oosik
Super Star Member
I have a question for wiser minds. I'm wondering how to figure what my 3-point unit will lift. My tractor is a Kubota M6040 and is rated at 4200 lbs lifting force at the lifting point(end of the 3-point arms) & 3300 lbs at a point 24" back of the lifting point. Very few implements, that I'm aware of, have 100% of their weight right at the lifting point(exact end of the 3-point arms).
So how do you figure if the 3-point is rated to lift an implement. As an example - a brush hog that extends six feet behind the lifting point and weighs 1200#. Where is the "lifting point" on this brush hog. I wouldn't think its right at the point of connection to the 3-point arms.
I can, more or less, extrapolate the lifting force out beyond the end of the 3-point arms but need a general idea of where the lifting point is figured on any implement.
I wonder if you would consider the lifting point on any implement as its center of mass/balance point. It is time for wiser minds to explain this situation.
So how do you figure if the 3-point is rated to lift an implement. As an example - a brush hog that extends six feet behind the lifting point and weighs 1200#. Where is the "lifting point" on this brush hog. I wouldn't think its right at the point of connection to the 3-point arms.
I can, more or less, extrapolate the lifting force out beyond the end of the 3-point arms but need a general idea of where the lifting point is figured on any implement.
I wonder if you would consider the lifting point on any implement as its center of mass/balance point. It is time for wiser minds to explain this situation.
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