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3-point hitch questions ....

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

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I"m not from a farm background so these questions might sound pretty simple to most of you. Here goes ...... for a class II 3-point hitch:

1) Can class 1 implements be used on a class II tractor hitch?

2) Are adjustable stabilizing straps used only when the 3-point drawbar is in place between the lower lift arms?
 
Answer to your first question is yes. You will need adapter bushings. Cat 1 pins are smaller than Cat2 pins. Second question I can't answer because I never used a bar like that.
 
Sway bars are used anytime you don't want the arms swaying side to side. With a cultivator, sprayer, mower. Do not use sway bars with a mounted moldboard plow.
 
So, this setup on my tractor has adjustable stabilizer arms (1" steel rods) that are between the outside ends of the big lift arms and the the rear drives, do these do the same thing as the ones I was asking about?
 
Yes, if they are like turnbuckles or similar, threaded to allow adjustment, some of these being close to tires and the ground get loaded up with dirt and can seize, making them a pain to adjust when you need room for a lift arm, we had them on a small tractor and I had to take them all off, clean and lube, make sure they stayed that way.
 
Those are the ones, and yes at least some of the threads are a bit seized up but should be easy to loosen and keep loose with a bit of maintenance. I think one end is a RH thread while the other is a LH thread, and the rod has some flat spots in it for wrench attachment to adjust.
 
I think there are more than one variant by manufacturer, our challenger 33 hp has them and the coupler is round, so its basically a turnbuckle, coupler also had small handles on each side, to make it easier to grip, but once those get seized you won't do it by hand, that is for sure ! The thing I had to be careful with was that the lift arms did not contact the rear tires, it could take chunks of tread off the edges, so when an implement was on, I made sure to adjust those to avoid that.

Given the location of these, I would be inclined to think maybe a dry lubricant may work better not attract or have dirt/dust/debris stick to the exposed threading.
 
1) Yes, usually. No adapter bushings needed, they just make hook up harder. Only need the bushings for things that you don't want tilt sideways like a ditch mower or mounted moldboard plow. Every so often a cat 2 won't let its arms come together close enough to get inside inward facing cat 1 pins.

2)No as folks said they are handy for lots of stuff. Our first tractor did not have them or provision for them. Snowblowing was fun as it wandered back and forth when backing up. This was a pain as the blower is the main reference for keeping the tractor straight. Tractors without them usually have check chains to keep stuff out of the tires.
 
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