Help with attaching and detaching..

[bgott]

Install your implement pins from the inside facing out. That way you can beat 'em out with a drift and sledge hammer if necessary. If you've had the same implement on the three point for a long time you can wear a step into the pins and then they're just about impossible to get out any other way. When you've used the same pins for a while drag your fingernail up and down them before installing them. If you can hang a fingernail on the worn part you have the potential for it to be a real PITA when it comes time to pull it out again.

 

[EarPlug]

This may be just pointing out the obvious but have you disconnected the 3 point arm stablizer brackets? If you don't then you can't spread the arms to get off of the pins.

Jack

 

[GarageSmoker]

Yes.... did that, but thanks. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Todays adventure was putting the box blade on. Taking the advice in the previous posts I did a lot of jockying around to get things in alignment with my good wife doing the directing. Left arm went on fine and the right was almost there. Just missing by ever so much. Used the rubber mallet I forgot to bring yesterday but still couldn't get it that last 1/4 inch. Then I saw it...

And it was a thing of beauty.



Under a tree not far from us was a whole stack of 2 x 4s that my neighbor is using to mark his house site. Grabbed one and using the tire for leverage.. on it went! SUCCESS!!!

Last step... connect the top link and what should I find? The hitch is too wide for the standard pin by almost 1/2 inch. Grabbed a shear pin forgetting they have too small a head and sure enough, too small a head. Then I remembered yesterday's fun. Grabbed a bolt and nut from dismantling the cutter and it was perfect. Not what I should use, but it worked.

Went on to have a very productive day even though I accomplished a lot less than I expected due to heat and difficulty in getting the trees I was cutting seperated from the darn vines. But the tow strap I bought did a wonderful job pulling the branches and tress away from them. Just took time. And the box blade pulled a lot of surface level vines away as well. I think I will like this attachment.

Wife drove the tractor for the first time and I can see I am going to lose seat time to her. She loved it!

Another great day in tractor land.

GS

 

[OkieNCognito]

I keep a 4' 2X4 sitting where I park my brush hog and box blade - both attachments are 5 footers. After I attach one arm, the 2X4 works great for scooting the implement forward or back a couple of inches to align the other arm. Level ground sure makes a difference though.

 

[EdKing]

Hey GS,
Here is a Link</font color=blue> to the system I use to attach my 3ph implements.

 

[GarageSmoker]

OK, read that whole thread. Funny how I missed that one in my pre-purchase lurking. I thought I was making the rookie mistake of the year, but it seems it is universally a PITA.

Going to get some bricks or something to het them level at rest. Should help some.


Thanks everyone;
GS

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Ed, I somehow missed that one first time around. Thanks for pointing me to it. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[patrickg]

GarageSmoker, If it is any consolation, I am 6'2", 230 lbs, and reasonably fit. I would almost rather have a migraine or a root canal than have to take my brush hog off and on. It is a royal pain. I have taken over 45 minutes to get it on at times (best time is like about 12-15 min, still tooooo long). I have TnT which helps a bit and HST which helps also because with the brakes set and the tranny in low range I can reach in the cab with my hand and depress the HST pedal to inch forward or back, saving climbing in and out up and down. I have hammers, 8 ft 2x4's (broke a couple 2x4) have switched to 4x4. If I could grow a third arm and hand that would help a bit. My lower implement pins are angled back several degrees, why, I don't know, but it seems to make it even harder. I have a devil of a time and don't understand why. I can get one lower pin in fairly easy (5 min) but then the other just doesn't want to go. I can get it started and using a 4x4 on end can't drive the bloody thing home. I raise and lower the 3PH a bit trying to find a "neutral" spot but it doesn't seem to help.

I am considering pouring a concrete slab to park the brush hog on so I can use a wheeled dolly to hold it when parked. I would cast in some 1 1/2 inch pipes level with the surface to use to anchor my new 6 ft pointed HD steel pry bar. I have even considered a chain hoist or come along to an overhead support to allow micropositioning the darned thing.

Well, if misery does love company, you should be loving it because I will be in misery tomorrow morning as I have to take the brush hog off and put on the post hole digger and change the auger bit from 12 inch to 6 inch to help a neighbor who needs some post holes.

Patrick

 

[Hawkflyer]

Kinda makes you wonder... Just how did they get the last stone on the great pyramid?

 

[crown]

GarageSmoker,
Misery does love company, Bush hogs are a real pain particularly if you are own uneven ground. I solved my problem by building my shed I store the implements in it. The bush hog moves real easy on the plywood floor and I now can usually get it hooked up in around 10 minutes. That said it does get easier the more you do it. My first time I took off the RMF mower and attempted the bush hog after a good hour I finally got it. What a pain./w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif