Difference between 1 pt and 3 pt attachments

[gusg]

I have never seen what the difference between the two are. I am looking for a 5' landscape rake and have seen a 1 pt and a 3 pt from AgriSupply. There is a $5 difference between the two but the 3 pt is not in stock.

What is the definition/differences of the two? Also has anyone purchased equipment from AgriSupply and know who makes their attachments? Thanks.

 

[greg_g]

One point types are to be towed only, they support themselves on wheels/tires. Usually pulled behind riding mowers, garden tractors, and/or ATVs. Raising/lowering/tilt/indexing often requires a tool box. Construction is usually (very) light duty.

Three point types are physically attached to the three point hitch (lifting) mechanisms at the back of tractors, regardless if they have wheels attached or not. Implements are raised and lowered by the tractor hydraulics, tilted by the tractor toplink, indexed usually with a long hitch pin. Construction ranges from light duty to heavy duty.

In the case of the two 5' rakes at Agri-Supply, it's hard to tell much about them. Pretty uninformative, especially with the same photo used over and over. Pretty sure the brand pictured is a Howse, but that doesn't guarantee who made anything else on that page.

//greg//

 

[BB_TX]

I will agree and disagree with greg_g. The 1 pt attachments hook to the drawbar and pull like a trailer. The 3 pt attachments attach to the 3 pt hitch. The 3 pt attachments can be lifted off the ground by the 3 pt hitch, whereas the 1 pt can't.
Now. There are light duty 1 pt implements. But also the largest, heaviest implements are typically 1 pt since they are too heavy for the 3 pt. Large bat wing rotary cutters, hay balers, MO-COs, etc. are a good examples.
The picture they show for the 1 pt rake is the same picture as the 3 pt. The attachment would actually be different.

 

[73jeep]

Is a sleeve-hitch used on some small lawn/garden tractors considered a 1 pt hitch?

 

[BB_TX]

I suppose anything that connects at a single point and pulls behind like a trailer could be considered a 1 pt implement.

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( There are light duty 1 pt implements. But also the largest, heaviest implements are typically 1 pt since they are too heavy for the 3 pt. Large bat wing rotary cutters, hay balers, MO-COs, etc. are a good examples. )</font>

You're splitting hairs. Try operating a "Large bat wing rotary cutters, hay balers, MO-COs, etc. " behind a riding mower/garden tractor/ATV. The difference is STILL hydraulics (and PTO). Not one of those drawbar implements you listed functions properly till the either remotes (or the PTO) are hooked up.

//greg//

 

[BB_TX]

You can have hydraulics on a 3 pt implement. That doesn't change the fact that it is 3 pt implement. Same with an implement that attaches at a single point. Light duty 1 pt implements would likely use a hand lever to operate/adjust. Heavy duty 1 pt implements would use hydraulics. Both 3 pt and 1 pt implements may or may not have a PTO connection.

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You can have hydraulics on a 3 pt implement.)</font>

Of course you can. Good grief.
But if you keep wandering down side streets here, you're gonna scare off poor Gus.
All he wants to do is buy a landscape rake.

Gus - look HERE and HERE to see what a 5' one point landscape rake looks like

//greg//

 

[73jeep]

Here's a pic of a 1 pt attachment, but I'm not sure how well Gus' B7510 can work it. here
Sorry, I couldn't resist!

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Here's a pic of a 1 pt attachment, ...Sorry, I couldn't resist! )</font>

Neither can I. Count the hydraulic hoses and it's not a " 1 pt attachment " at all.

Poor Gus.

//greg//