picker77
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- Joined
- Feb 4, 2006
- Messages
- 385
- Location
- Central Oklahoma
- Tractor
- JD 3032E, dual remotes, TnT, tooth bar, grapple
I'd like to have an iMatch hitch on my 3032E, but I keep hearing phrases like "they're great, all you have to do is modify all your implements to match the iMatch and you're good". This doesn't give me warm and fuzzy feelings.
I only have two 3pt implements I'm concerned with: a brush hog and a box blade. I measured them and they are both 27-1/2" minimum between the lower pins. For the top link pin, on my box blade it's about 18" above the lower pins. On the Rhino SE5 mower (which has a swinging "flex-mount" arrangement for the upper pin), it's also about 18" when the swinging pin mount is level, but can be temporarily about 2"-3" below that, depending on how the mower is riding vs the tractor when going over little swales and dips while mowing, a feature of the Rhino I really like.
My question is: What is the "modification" so many keep mentioning? Is it changing the horizontal distance between the lower arm pins, or is it a problem with the vertical (perrpendicular) distance up to the top link from the lower pins? Or both??? Does not the iMatch conform to the standard Cat 1 27-1/2" minimum measurement between pins, or is there a problem with the top link distances?
Lastly, is it a PIA to hook up the PTO with an iMatch in the way? This wouldn't be a show stopper for me, since I don't use the brush hog very often compared to the box blade, but is of interest nonetheless.
Thanks in advance!
I only have two 3pt implements I'm concerned with: a brush hog and a box blade. I measured them and they are both 27-1/2" minimum between the lower pins. For the top link pin, on my box blade it's about 18" above the lower pins. On the Rhino SE5 mower (which has a swinging "flex-mount" arrangement for the upper pin), it's also about 18" when the swinging pin mount is level, but can be temporarily about 2"-3" below that, depending on how the mower is riding vs the tractor when going over little swales and dips while mowing, a feature of the Rhino I really like.
My question is: What is the "modification" so many keep mentioning? Is it changing the horizontal distance between the lower arm pins, or is it a problem with the vertical (perrpendicular) distance up to the top link from the lower pins? Or both??? Does not the iMatch conform to the standard Cat 1 27-1/2" minimum measurement between pins, or is there a problem with the top link distances?
Lastly, is it a PIA to hook up the PTO with an iMatch in the way? This wouldn't be a show stopper for me, since I don't use the brush hog very often compared to the box blade, but is of interest nonetheless.
Thanks in advance!