Cat1 attachment to Cat2 tractor kit

[Gary Fowler]

I have all the standard Cat 1 pins with the swaged end (not the threaded adjustable length type) on all my equipmetn and they all work well. The width of the cat 1 pin is a little shorter that a Cat 2 but you can still get the lynch pin in on the CAT 2 ball. I have to adjust the stabilizer width narrower, but with my tractor it is just a matter of pulling a pin on each side to get the arms on then popping the pin back in where the arms are at that point. I thought all these pins were standard length for each category but perhaps some European implements are different. I have never seen a lift pin welded on, they do bend sometimes and have to be replaced like the ones on my boxblade when I hooked a tree root and bent about a 10 degree angle in one side. Sure glad it wasnt welded in.

 

[ArtMech]

I have two lynch pins with flats on the side that I use.

I have them too. But in the described case even lynch pins with flat surfaces don't fit.

 

[ArtMech]

I thought all these pins were standard length for each category but perhaps some European implements are different. I have never seen a lift pin welded on, they do bend sometimes

Yes, I also thought there might not be any difference between American and European implement pins. But there is.
I'll place some pics of welded on pins as soon as I'll have them.

 

[ArtMech]

Example of welded on pin in the pics (implement made in Czech republic).