GreatWhitehunter
Veteran Member
The question was wheather the 3pt hitch arms stay on during the BH install. They don't, the upper arms(rockshaft) lifts the hoe up so the upper pins can be installed. The longest part of the install is the removal of the two bolts that hold the lower hitch arm pins. This makes the hoe attach very close to the tractor instead of hanging way out like some of the other manufactures do. As for price, remember you get what you pay for. When I priced out deere and woods, the woods was actually alittle more from the deere dealer(448=7800 x80=8200 W/thumb) . And they had the woods instock and needed to order the 448. I talked with the dealer quite a bit about the two and really wanted a thumb that fit well. The dealer did recommend the woods unit and was very honest in there comparison. For me it was the fittment of the hoe that sold me. As far as the thumb, I just ordered a northsaw thumb and feel the fittment is going to be very close to the woods thumb. On the price subject I feel that's kind of a non issue. Let's face it more than 75% of us don't NEED a cut, and if you have hoe work there's no real need to jusify it. I will tell you like all attachments I have, you will constantly find uses for it.
Best of luck in the hunt.
Matt
Best of luck in the hunt.
Matt