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Re: Re: Who Realy Invented The Three Point Hitch
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Posted by Iowa Guy on November 16, 2002 at 20:16:09 from (12.84.15.116):
In Reply to: Re: Who Realy Invented The Three Point Hitch posted by Terry on November 16, 2002 at 18:54:25:
This will probably cause a storm. Harry Ferguson may have perfected the 3-point hitch with draft control. However, I don't think he invented the 3-point hitch. I have a tractor encyclopedia that shows several makes of tractors with rear-mounted equipment back before 1920, one as early as 1911. Some of these had various types of mechanical lifts. The Reed One-Man tractor advertised that with its detachable mounted plow it was able to get close to fences, back into corners, and could finish headlands; Ferguson later used similar advertising. I saw a tractor from the early 1920's at a local show that had a rear mounted plow with 3-point hitch, although one of the attachment points was a chain. Ferguson gets the credit for draft control. I don't think he gets the credit for rear mounted equipment or the invention of the 3-point hitch. He perfected it and made it workable. It appears that many manufacturers prior to 1920 tried rear-mounted equipment, apparently including some with various versions of three-point hitches. They must not have worked very well, because they seem to have fallen by the way until Ferguson came along and made it all work.
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