What ever happened to the thread...

[Sarge]

There was a thread about 3 PH attachments and making them ride level by attaching a chain to the top link and their adjustments. Can anybody point me in the right direction, I can't find it.


Thanks

 

[KiotiJohn]

Here's what I found:
Chains

There are some suggestions in this one also:
More Chains

Here's another that talks about using chains. Hopefully, one of these will help you out.

Chains 3

John

 

[greg_g]

They're called check chains, and I've got an almost new set if you're interested; one pair of receiver brackets (tractor end) and three pair of chains and lift pin brackets (implement end). Only catch is that they're all holed for Cat 2, adapter bushings would be required for use with Cat 1 stuff.

//greg//

 

[KiotiJohn]

I've never heard them called check chains. Check chains to me are sway chains used to keep the arms from moving out toward the tires. Learn something new every day.

I've never actually heard anyone call a chain hooked to the top link connector of an implement anything more than a lift chain.

John

 

[Sarge]

Thanks Guys,,, That's exactly what I was looking for..

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never heard them called check chains. Check chains to me are sway chains used to keep the arms from moving out toward the tires. Learn something new every day. )</font>

Might be a regional thing John. The ones that stop the side to side motion of the lower lift arms are called stablizers around here; some with chains, some adjustable bars.

Check chains stop the downward travel of the lift arms, used most often by folks who can't/won't/don't fix their leaking TPH hydraulics. Or - for tractors that don't have position control and/or draft control. In this case, they'd do a good job of stopping the implement from dropping below a desired distance from ground level

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never actually heard anyone call a chain hooked to the top link connector of an implement anything more than a lift chain)</font>

You misunderstood. The top two pieces of the check chain assembly pin through the tractor end of the toplink BRACKET. The free ends of these top pieces are keyed to accept the chain links. The other two pieces (the pair that attach to the two implement lift pins) actually have the chain attached. You lift the implement to just above the desired operating height, put the chains into the upper keys, then release the TPH hydraulics. The chains - now at full diagonal - then prevent the implement from dropping below the desired height until lifted once again by the TPH hydraulics.

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[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You misunderstood. )</font>
Sorry, not misunderstood, mistyped. I didn't mean to put the toplink on the attachment part.

I see what you mean, and it probably is regional. Around here I've just heard them referred to as toplink chains!

We do call the sway chains stabilizers and check chains.

Thanks.
John

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never actually heard anyone call a chain hooked to the top link connector of an implement anything more than a lift chain.

Sorry, not misunderstood, mistyped. I didn't mean to put the toplink on the attachment part.. ... Around here I've just heard them referred to as toplink chains! )</font>

Hmmm, still sounds to me like I didn't get my point across. The check chains I'm trying to describe DON'T LIFT anything. They CHECK the downward travel of the lower lift arms, to keep an implement from lowering below a desired working height.

//greg//

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( Hmmm, still sounds to me like I didn't get my point across. )</font>
No, you got it across. I don't know what part of what I wrote makes you think I didn't get it.

You hook the chains to the pins on the attachment and the other end to the top link hole at the rear of the tractor. That keeps the implement and arms from going any lower than you want them to.

Right?
John
EDIT: maybe it was the last part, but i was only talking about the stabilizers/chains, not the check chains you're talking about.
We sometimes call the stabilizers check chains/ sway chains.
I've actually done what you're talking about, but we didn't call them check chains.
John

 

[greg_g]

OK John, maybe we could compromise then - and call them implement check chains (?) At any rate, I'm pretty sure this is the device that the original poster addressed. So how 'bout if we let Sarge squeeze back in to confirm they're actually what his question was about ?

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[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( OK John, maybe we could compromise then - and call them implement check chains (?) At any rate, I'm pretty sure this is the device that the original poster addressed. So how 'bout if we let Sarge squeeze back in to confirm they're actually what his question was about ? )</font>
I don't think I understand your attitude. You seem to think I'm being hostile?? I'm not. I found it interesting that you call them check chains in your area, that's all.

I was trying to explain to you that we do the same thing here, but call them different things. One is lift chains. Check chains they are for sure, because they check the arms from falling too low. I like that name better than lift chains actually.

Notice in my first post to you that I said, "Learn something new every day?" I meant it. I like learning new things, THANKS

BTW, Sarge can jump in anytime he wants you know, we're not stopping him, and I'm sure this can be educational for others who may have called them by another name.
John

 

[Glenn9643]

Here's a link to what I believe you're looking for.
I bought a set from my MF dealer at around twenty bucks.
I only use them with my bushhog; they're great to set your level of cut. You can drop the bushhog after lifting for any reason and you know it's at the level you want.

 

[RobJ]

Greg/John, go sit in your corners!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Sarge has left the thread!!

 

[newcountry]

Thanks for the links John.

I was going to do a search today for the very same thing. Last week I got tired of the top link messing up my rough cutter mowing and just removed it altogether, figured it would be fine since I was working on pretty level ground. But I would like to have something attached there and had remembered it being mentined.

 

[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Greg/John, go sit in your corners!! )</font>
Since a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, I probably could have saved a whole lotta (regional) aggravation if I'd just uploaded the photo first.

Top ends are the pair of bracket that get pinned to the tractor's toplink bracket. Bottom ends are the pair that slip over the implement's lift pins. Height of implement is determined by which link of the chain goes through the top keyway.

//greg//