Hitch Types ?

MichaelTT

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Greetings; first time poster here, so please forgive me if I fumble a bit.

I have several different pieces of farm equipment, some of which have been given to me or picked up at sales over the years. I recently inventoried everything and realized that among them, there are six different types of hitch systems.

While some are current and well known, like a three-point and a drawbar, others are older, obscure and/or proprietary, and I've had difficulty in finding any information about them. Can anyone point me to a source of information about the different hitch methods that exist?

Thanks!
 
Depending on the style, we used a lot of clevis's, either straight of half twist to hook implements to the tractors. Can't think of any other type from back then, other than those patented by the equipment manufacturer to fit their line of tractor. There were several types of snap couplers to differentiate from the standard 3-point system used by Ford and Ferguson.
 
I know there were several different hitch types that are proprietary - such as one implement I have, that I'm told has an Allis Chalmers snap coupler hitch. I also have a machine that has a pintle hitch on it. I've also seen one called a Ringfeder hitch. And so on, and so on. I just don't know what they all are.

I'm just wondering if there is a page somewhere that has a rundown of all the different hitch systems?
 
Pictures?

I'm a little confused - I don't have pictures of things I don't have. That's what I'm asking about.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a web site or other reference that describes or shows the various kinds of proprietary hitches that I've been told about over the years, but have never seen. Is there any such reference work?
 
There is much more diversity with older integral equipment than pull-type stuff. Before the 3-point hitch became the standard for the industry in the 1950's every manufacturer had their own way of connecting implements to their tractors and even within a brand there were differences between models. For example, the equipment designed to fit a Deere M or a Farmall Cub was compatible only with those particular models and nothing else. (There would be other examples but these are two I'm familiar with.) I'm not familiar with a reference that shows them all as there would be lots of them.
 
google each of them by name and mfgr...Allis Chalmers Snap Coupler, Farmall Fast Hitch, Ferguson 3 point, etc.
 
Well, sure - but that assumes that you already KNOW what the correct name and manufacturer is. If all you have to go on is a vague description, then Google isn't any help.

What's more, Google does a terrible job of associating things like that. Looking for "fast hitch" gets about a million pages that have those words on them, whether or not they are in any way related to what you're actually looking for. Unless the word is really unique, you usually get buried in false leads.

It would really be nice to find a list of what the manufacturers and exact names were, along with pictures.
 
Your request identifies an opportunity. If you have 6 styles of implement hitches, either post them or list them. Then somebody might be inclined to provide info on others.

Shake loose some info, man. This internet thing is a group effort.
 
Here's what I have, in no particular order:

Drawbar hitch (1 tractor, 3 implements)
Pintle hitch (1 tractor)
Three-point hitch (1 tractor, 2 implements)
Ball hitch (1 tractor, 2 implements)
Snap coupler hitch (2 implements)
Sleeve hitch (2 implements)

I've also heard of, but never seen, three other hitch types:

Ringfeder hitch
Quick hitch
Fast hitch

Some of the above are manufacturer-specific, others are not. Most are still in current production, as far as I know; a few, like the snap coupler, are apparently no longer made.

I would like to be able to find converters for some of these. For instance, I have one snap coupler implement that I can't attach to anything because none of my tractors have a similar hitch.
 
Oh, I also found one more:

Eagle Claw hitch

(Not sure what that looks like, either. So that's a total of 10 different hitch types, so far.)

I'll see if I can take some pictures of the ones I have.
 
The Eagle Claw hitch is the only one I know by the info you gave. This refers to the bottom two arms of the Case three point hitch. I believe the system worked OK with Case implements when new but not so good when worn. Google Case eagle claw hitch for photos
 

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