BoonvilleKid
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- Joined
- Dec 15, 2010
- Messages
- 26
- Tractor
- Farmall Super C, Farmall Super C, Farmall Super C, John Deere 955, John Deere 955
I spent my childhood on a Super C Farmall. The only equipment we had with the tractor was a 2-row cultivator which were operated by the hydraulics, front and rear. It did not have a Fast-Hitch system. All other equipment (plow, disc, rake, etc.) were drag type.
Now, I have a '54 Super C equipped with a Fast-Hitch system. It needs restoring, so I have not been able to see how the cylinder on the Fast-Hitch system operates in conjunction with the "Touch" hydraulic system.
There is a lever on the right side that controls a hydraulic pump which must operate the cylinder on the back to raise & lower whatever equipment is in the Fast-Hitch system. It's obvious that the cylinder raises and lowers the Fast-Hitch system. What has me confused is this: What purpose does the solid bar serve that is connected to the inside hydraulic rocker on the left side. This flat bar runs to the back of the tractor and connects in with the Fast-Hitch cylinder operations. The flat bar is controlled by one of the two touch levers on the left side of the steering wheel. Why does there need to be two systems (flat bar and cylinder)? It would seem they would be working against each other. Is the control on the right side used to lift the equipment (hardest task) and the touch lever (flat bar) used to control the rocker arm to permit the equipment to be lowered (easier task).......or, perhaps for making fine adjustment in plowing depths, etc.
Aren't the hydraulics of each system the same system? Or, are they separate systems?
Our old tractor had cultivators in front of the tractor, raised and lowered by one of the touch levers and the other touch lever raised and lowered the back cultivator. How did one cultivate with a tractor having the Fast-Hitch system? How did one attach a cultivator for the back of the tractor?
Can someone who has this working system with the equipment for it, please explain in detail just how the system works and how the system worked for a cultivator, a plow, etc. Thanks.
Now, I have a '54 Super C equipped with a Fast-Hitch system. It needs restoring, so I have not been able to see how the cylinder on the Fast-Hitch system operates in conjunction with the "Touch" hydraulic system.
There is a lever on the right side that controls a hydraulic pump which must operate the cylinder on the back to raise & lower whatever equipment is in the Fast-Hitch system. It's obvious that the cylinder raises and lowers the Fast-Hitch system. What has me confused is this: What purpose does the solid bar serve that is connected to the inside hydraulic rocker on the left side. This flat bar runs to the back of the tractor and connects in with the Fast-Hitch cylinder operations. The flat bar is controlled by one of the two touch levers on the left side of the steering wheel. Why does there need to be two systems (flat bar and cylinder)? It would seem they would be working against each other. Is the control on the right side used to lift the equipment (hardest task) and the touch lever (flat bar) used to control the rocker arm to permit the equipment to be lowered (easier task).......or, perhaps for making fine adjustment in plowing depths, etc.
Aren't the hydraulics of each system the same system? Or, are they separate systems?
Our old tractor had cultivators in front of the tractor, raised and lowered by one of the touch levers and the other touch lever raised and lowered the back cultivator. How did one cultivate with a tractor having the Fast-Hitch system? How did one attach a cultivator for the back of the tractor?
Can someone who has this working system with the equipment for it, please explain in detail just how the system works and how the system worked for a cultivator, a plow, etc. Thanks.