3pt top link 2 long

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trailertrash

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Clark Co. Ohio
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1961 ford 971
Now let me preface this with , I don't have a sub or even a cut yet but this may be of interest to some anyway. I often have a problem when trying to use my box blade with the top link being too long ,when I want to just rip I can't get the rippers themselves to dig very deep or when I want to loosen but not drag my driveway gravel it's a pita, so on and so forth.So since my work involves chain binders I am used to being creative with them, I figured out that if you take a screw type binder cut the hooks off it is at it's (safe) longest length almost the same size as my normal top length is at it's shortest, holes are the right size too, plus it's adjustable . And you talk about being able to raise a 3pt. implement high for cleaning or maintenance, understand you have to be safe in whatever you do around all machines especially 3pt and pto and anything in the air (gravity is constant but not always friendly)
 
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I have same problem on mine i made 2 top links for mine the std cat 1 short then i took a std cat 1 short and cut 3" off of it. I use it on my subsoiler, box blade, straight blade. then use std cat 1 short for everything else.
they do make a cat 1 long for special applications for huge tractors using cat 1 stuff besure you don't have one.
 
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TSC sells 2 sizes of cat 1 toplinks.. the regular, and a short.

I found the regular to be to long for my yanmar 1700.. but the short was just fine. I sopose if you wanted way way small, you could either cut a toplink in half, remove a sevtion and weld around the diameter, and then weld a pice of pipe over it. Next idea would be to get a cat o toplink, cut the cat 0 ends off and weld cat 1 ends on. Cat 0, 1, and 2 ends are available at tsc, to be welded on, etc.

Soundguy
 
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I just got a short tsc cat 1 and cut the center section out about 3" and did the same thing to the rods works perfect..
 

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