I hate the 3 Pt Hitch

[Gunfighter]

Most of my life I had old Farmalls & Internationals with Two Point
Fast Hitch. Just line up the points, there's a little room for error an
back up, Click click, pick up an go. Same is for removal, just reach
down with your wire hook, lift the paws, give it a jerk an it's off.
Unless you have a PTO shaft to mess with, you never leave the tractor...

Now for the 3 point hitch, back up tractor, looks good but it's not.
Get out 8 foot long 2 & 6, move this corner, (curse) then that one,
(curse) move it back a little (curse) After 10 or 15 minutes you
have it on but your still not finished. Now you have to adjust the
top link, then the swing limiting links an only then can you drive
away...

If I should go to hell when I die, it's because of all the cursing
I do putting on 3 pt equipment...

 

[JATO_RaT]

Ahh yes, but there are so many great things to eliminate those hassels. Extendedable lower links, quick hitches and on my Kubota, HST which allows me to back the tractor up or go forward, incrementally inch it perfectly with my hand and then it stays in that spot all without having to get in the seat. Rat...

 

[frank_f15]

NOW! NOW! GUNFIGHTER. calm down . it could be worse, did u ever try hooking implements up to horses?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif then when u were done you had to take care of the horses. last time i checked my kubota did not leave excretement on the floor/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif but u are correct, sometimes they can be a bit of a chore to hook up.

 

[MossRoad]

My dislike of the 3pt hitch was one of the main reasons I switched and bought a Power Trac /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. Never get off the tractor to change implements unless I have to hook up the hydraulic quick disconnects. I can drop an implement and have another one mounted in 15 seconds and never leave the seat. I'm not exaggerating. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://users.beanstalk.net/godollei/pt425/PT425Videos/PT425_15S01.WMV> Here's a link to a video to prove it </A> (it is in windows media format and is about 250K and may take a minute or two to load, but is fun to watch)

 

[jhburke]

I also didn't like to fight the 3 point hitch. I bought a speedco quick hitch. I have 6 implements. I want to use them as needed. But until I got the quick hitch, there had to be a very needed use before I would change implements. The quick hitch helped but I found that no 2 implements were same measurement. I first removed the top hook mounting bolts and replaced them with pins. Then I had to modify bottom link pins to fit. I now can change them very easy. It makes my useage of them much more pleasurably. I had to do something as I have a bad back and I was recovering from bypass surgery. Everthing is ok now. I just keep wanting more and different implements.

 

[jwstewar]

If it is so much trouble you could just give it (and the tractor of course) to me,/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I would be willing to drive to the state up north to pick it up even though it is Michigan week here in Columbus. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif All of your problems would be solved...../w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Richard]

<font color=blue>it could be worse, did u ever try hooking implements up to horses</font color=blue>

I'll bet hooking up the pto shaft was always full of excitement?

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[JATO_RaT]

Where do you hook the PTO up on a horse?

 

[MikePA]

<font color=blue>Where do you hook the PTO up on a horse? </font color=blue>
Er, um, let's not go down this road, OK? /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

3pt, like everyone, it has it's moments, thats why i got a quick hitch. But come to find out it doesn't quite fit like Jim said.

Hey Jim, post a picture of your Speedco Hitch, with mods.
I just got one, and it doesn't fit right on my tiller, and bb. It'll hook the bottom links but the top it barely goes on. I'm afraid i'll have to do the pin trick.

My rear blade, the bottom links are 3 inches to the inside.
Grrrrr. Do you have a rear blade, how did you get by this.

Thanks,
John