Lower Link Width?

[clutchcargo]

Newbie questions

What is the width between lower link arms on:

cat 0
cat 1
cat 2

Also do you think there would be a market for a basic 3 pt tool bar hookup with various implements (scarifier, cultivator, chisel plow, trailer hitch, chain drag frame, carryall etc.) that would bolt onto the toolbar. Basically one 3pt hitch and multiple accessories that would attach. Also could be extended to a larger width bar. All changes would require 6 to ten bolts. Basic toolbar would sell for approximately $200.

Thanks for your help

 

[mwb]

I think what you are suggesting is a semi-permanently attached 3pt frame that bolts onto various attachments? I think the cost difference of not making each attachment with the 'triangle' would not be significant especially if you have to create another attachment method. this would not be compatible with others (borrowed equipment) and you have to remove your tractor side hitch anyway.

With the availability of QA 3pt hitch accessories, Pat's, etc I don't know what your reason is for engineering another format?

I am curious what you have in mind though!

I have found good specs on the net before, I am sure there is info here but it is Friday quiting time so I didn't take the time to search.

Have a good weekend,
Mike

 

[mwb]

First time for me...

Welcome aboard!

 

[wedge40]

I'm sure if you search on here you'll find this. But here is a link that give you what you're looking for.

Antique Tractor Resources - 3-Point Hitch Specifications

Wedge

 

[kennyd]

Here is the ASAE specs for a CAT1 3PH so it would work with a Quick-Hitch.

 

[clutchcargo]

Thanks for your help guys. I still need distance between cat 2 lower link arms though.

Further info on tool bar.

Imagine a 3x3 or 4x4 square tube 4 foot or so long with 3 pt pins and a top link mount also.

Extendable wings could be bolted on end flanges to make it wider.

Hitch tube could be bolted to bracket on center of tool bar.

Secondary frame bolts to tool bar with scarifier teeth, or chisel tooth plow or cultivator tines or whatever.

advantage of only paying for one 3 pt a frame and having capability to attach several implements at smaller cost than entire comparable implements.

Further comments please?

 

[Tom_Veatch]

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[foggy1111]

Hi Clutch and welcome to TBN.

I have my land located just south of you a few miles...near Jenkins, MN...and we have a cabin over on the WF Chain.

Regarding the toolbar....It seems a lifetime ago....but Ford used to offer a toolbar that was intended for three point hitches and then you would configure your cultivator to suit your needs. Most cultivator packages were put together that way due to different row spacings, etc. (this is from my memory as a kid around the implement biz) I think some of the majors probably still offer that arrangement when putting together implements, but I'm not sure. Cultivators are not such a "big deal" anymore....with roundup ready crops people don't cultivate like days gone by. I've had the same thoughts occasionally....but as has been stated....the linkage isn't the excessively spendy part IMO.

The search here will give you lots of specs on the three point attachments....as will others...I'm sure. Welcome aboard. If I can help you out...give me a p.m.

 

[clutchcargo]

Thanks Mr Veatch that was EXACTLY what I needed.

And to my neighbor to the south my farm is actually in Steele, ND but thanks for the welcome

Clutch Cargo

 

[foggy1111]

Thanks Mr Veatch that was EXACTLY what I needed.

And to my neighbor to the south my farm is actually in Steele, ND but thanks for the welcome

Clutch Cargo

Kinda wondered about farming that many acres in the Pine River area. Not the best soil in the world...and the trees get in the way.

 

[Bird]

do you think there would be a market for a basic 3 pt tool bar hookup with various implements (scarifier, cultivator, chisel plow, trailer hitch, chain drag frame, carryall etc.) that would bolt onto the toolbar.

In 1995, when I bought my B7100 Kubota from Tipton International in Waco, TX, they had such a rig. I know it had cultivator plows, middle buster, and moldboard (don't remember what else). It was made by a company named "Small Implement ??" in the Texas panhandle area (I've forgotten whether it was Amarillo or another town), but I didn't buy it and wished later that I had. I've since tried to find that company again but have not succeeded. Of course that was more than 13 years ago and I think the entire "kit" cost about $650 at the time.

 

[bz1]

I have such a tool bar on my little 2520. It is made from heavy 3 inch pipe with pins on each end to go into the draft arms and a welded on A frame that hooks up to the top link. It has 2" recievers welded on top, one at each of the ends, in the middle it has a trailer hitch reciever mounted underneath that usually has a 2 inch ball on it. I use the outer two recievers for mounting accessories. The accessories I have include a 30 gallon sprayer, a cargo rack for carrying stuff, a single point sod slitter type gopher killing machine, and a rack with a spindle that holds spools of fence wire. All this is home made so it only cost what the scrap material cost. I love the thing. It only weighs a fraction of what a quick hitch weighs so I can take it off easily when I want to attach one of my larger 3 pt. implements. I think such a device might be popular with small tractor owners who do the hobby farm thing. But I guess it depends upon how you use your tractor. I spend much more time hauling stuff around in a trailer and cutting wood than I do using my 3 pt. implements. So this thing is on my tractor all the time. Mostly with the cargo rack installed while hauling my dump trailer which is hooked up to the draw bar underneath. I haul all my wood cutting equipment in the cargo rack. So for me it's not used as an alternative to mounting 3 pt. implements but rather as a way to hook up things that don't usually go on a 3 pt. My most common uses are the cargo rack and the reciever hitch to move trailers around. But just think of all the other devices one could attach.

 

[HayDR]

Newbie questions

What is the width between lower link arms on:

cat 0
cat 1
cat 2

Also do you think there would be a market for a basic 3 pt tool bar hookup with various implements (scarifier, cultivator, chisel plow, trailer hitch, chain drag frame, carryall etc.) that would bolt onto the toolbar. Basically one 3pt hitch and multiple accessories that would attach. Also could be extended to a larger width bar. All changes would require 6 to ten bolts. Basic toolbar would sell for approximately $200.

Thanks for your help

CAT 0= 20"
CAT 1= 26"
CAT 2= 32"

SpeeCo Inc. Farming accessories and tools, log splitters, post hole diggers and custom manufacturing.

 

[mwb]

Here is the full ASTM for hitch dimensions. This has a lot of information.

View attachment S217.12 ASTM for 3 pnt hitch.pdf