3 point hitch on the front

[Agvg]

I am vacationing in Central Europe and have noticed several tractors with a 3 point arrangement on the front as well as the rear. One had a pallet lift attached, another had a rotary road sweeper. Anyone ever seen such a thing in the States? I am surprised to see a lot of big (75 plus hp) JD's and MF's. Not many Far East tractors of any size.

I think Kubota is the only Japanese brand that had any sales to speak of if you exclude microtractors, Europe is a hard marked to compete in, conservative Asian brands don't quit make it when they meet hitec European tractor use.

 

[KennyG]

I adapted a cheap quick hitch to my loader arms (quick attach bucket). It's handy for moving things around and I can put a boom pole on the front but that's about the only uses I have found.

 

[LouNY]

Most of these are for mid size tractors and up;

Laforge Front 3-Point Systems | Field Picture Archive :: Mowers and Shredders

 

[pmsmechanic]

It's getting more and more common in southern Alberta to see tractors of all sizes with a front three point hitch. Any rear three point hitch pto implement can be used on the larger tractors as the front pto is also set up with the correct rotation. The local md (municipal district) uses rear snowblowers mounted on the front to clean snow off of the streets in the villages and hamlets that they are responsible for.

Also it's not hard to change the mounting of rear mounted row crop cultivators so they can be used in front. Most everything on a tool bar is bolted on.

Lastly if you have a 59 snowblower on a newer John Deere cut with factory mounting most likely it's with a front three point hitch.