3-Point Hitch on loader arms PICS

[Knight]

I used a QA plate that I use for my forks and put 3-point attachments to speed things up.
If I have the backhoe on at a job and I need to clean up with bucket and york rake. It's just a flip of the QA arms. I don't need to remove the backhoe
Another big advantage is down force. I can give my rake or box scraper that extra unmff! It's much like an iron hand rake, sometimes you need to push down to get that extra clump of grass or bump.
Another advantage, is that I can shake the rake and clean stuck grass off.
Mostly I just float it but I can control up and down much better in the front.

Here Is a pic of my garden and I needed to remove the old sod stuck in the center of the rows.

The last pic is I need to rake out the gutters....

 

[rdbrumfield]

nice, I was thinking of taking my back blade and converting it to a easy hitch up front. Like you say, down pressure is a biggee. Leaving the angle on the backblade so I can sidecast will be nice and by just rolling the blade back or forward will give me slope for ditching.

 

[Willl]

Excellent job Knight, I've been wanting to do that to my front receiver thingy.

Got any close ups of the lower 2 hitch pin set ups ?

 

[Knight]

First choice location for the rake is the front, because of the more forceful down force control. I suppose if I had to do a large area, I might put it on the back. Put just to be able to push it down when needed, like if a clump of grass would lift the rake on the rear of the machine, not so on the front.
I didn't know how good it work until I tried it.
I was only trying to speed the job up when I had my backhoe on at a job near my house.
I put the machine on the trailer when I was done with the hoe, drove home and switched the hoe to the rake and trailered it back to the job.
This process took a lot of time.
Now I switch back and forth with the rake and the bucket quickly, leaving the backhoe on the machine. I even switch between the box scraper and rake.
It just another option I like to have.

Notice how the grapple stays on the machine, This saves time too.

Oh, and the top link is a upper control arm off a the independent suspension from a 65 Shelby Cobra, I always grab something from the scrap pile.

 

[jinman]

I bought an adapter from my NH dealer that works very well to convert a 3PH balespear to the FEL. I also put my boxblade on just to show it could be done. My next project for he adapter is to make it fit my dirtscoop so I can use it as a treespade and shallow trencher. If the lower link arms were made so you could adjust width, it would be a big help too. The ideal would be to have the lower links be ball hitches like the 3PH lower arms and adjustable in width.

 

[Willl]

Thanks Knight, very clever yet simple design.

from a 65 Shelby Cobra

Awesome, performance parts.

 

[Knight]

I bought an adapter from my NH dealer that works very well to convert a 3PH balespear to the FEL. I also put my boxblade on just to show it could be done. My next project for he adapter is to make it fit my dirtscoop so I can use it as a treespade and shallow trencher. If the lower link arms were made so you could adjust width, it would be a big help too. The ideal would be to have the lower links be ball hitches like the 3PH lower arms and adjustable in width.

Doesn't the scraper work good in the front?

 

[Willl]

adjustable in width.

Exactly, I was hoping Knights setup was adjustable so I could steal his idea.

My plans require replacing the entire lower beam on my front receiver thingy. Something I was trying to avoid.

 

[Knight]

All my attachments are the same width, so I never even thought of making the width adjustable. Is there different width attachments? Not counting PTO attachments.
Anything can be done.

I can tell you this: what ever attachment is on this plate in the front is tight and does not need to be turn buckled like the rear arms.

 

[Willl]

Is there different width attachments?

If you don't go from one category to another it should stay the same width.

 

[Just2quickz28]

How bout something like this where the 3point links can move on the assembly
Skid steer 3 pt hitch adaptor with hydraulic unit 3PT-HYD

 

[Knight]

How bout something like this where the 3point links can move on the assembly
Skid steer 3 pt hitch adaptor with hydraulic unit 3PT-HYD

yea but the ad also says
Sale Price: $1452.00
OUCH!

 

[Just2quickz28]

yea but the ad also says
Sale Price: $1452.00
OUCH!

I prob wouldnt buy it at that price but saved the link at some point for reference for a build it yourself project

 

[Knight]

I prob wouldnt buy it at that price but saved the link at some point for reference for a build it yourself project

I wish I could get a better look at it. Just to see how the width adjusts

 

[jinman]

Doesn't the scraper work good in the front?

Only when you use it as a fixed angle dozer blade. I have top-n-tilt on my 3PH and can cut a tilted slope. On the FEL, there is only curl which is like an adjustable toplink. I have no way of tiltiing the blade. Also, if I pull the boxblade in reverse, I don't have nearly as much traction as pulling forward with it on the 3PH. Frankly, I don't find the boxblade nearly as useful on the front as the normal FEL bucket.

I failed to mention that I have a subsoiler that I put on the front. It works very well for cutting trenches around trees to cut roots. With the narrow front on the FEL, I can get a lot closer than I could with the subsoiler on the 3PH. I haven't tried a middle-buster on the front yet, but it would also be a nice tool to for digging trenches when I need the rear 3PH for something else. Otherwise, the 3PH is still the best for draft implements.

 

[jinman]

My adapter was only $250 from my New Holland dealer. I think I could do a lot of modifications for $1200. For example, I could cut the lower link adapters off and replace them with a sliding rotating ball adapter welded to a square tube section fitted over the existing square tubing. I think I could do that for less than $200 more. I think you can order this from your NH dealer using the data plate info. It's probably up to $300 or more by now.

 

[Knight]

top-n-tilt , I don't have it...........yet,
But it would make using the box scraper on the 3PH more of a benefit.
What other things can you use a TNT for?

 

[Willl]

If you don't go from one category to another it should stay the same width.

So I go and measure the 2 3pt implements I have here at home and get 2 dif measurements. Go figure.

6' landscape rake 28", JD weight box 26.5"

Knight and Jinman, what is your lower span measurements on your adapters ?

 

[J_J]

I wish I could get a better look at it. Just to see how the width adjusts

It is just a tube inside a tube which slides to the position desired. Looks fairly easy to build.

You might be able to hang some forks from the top, or make that bottom tube removable, so forks could slide on.

The second and third pictures have a hyd motor for those powered attachments.

The third picture has hyd motor and adjustable width.

 

[Lunk]

Land-Pride makes this one. I think the local dealer quoted $540.00 last Fall...


Land Pride SH35 Skid Steer 3-Point Hitch