Eagle Hitch implement attachment

tjandrews

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I have my grandfather's 1952 SC and BER plow - and the manuals for them. The manual clearly states that an operator can hitch to an implement without leaving the tractor seat, and even gives illustrated instructions for doing so.

I learned how to drive a tractor on this SC, and have been plowing with it for nearly 60 years, with hundreds of acres turned over, but for the life of me I cannot consistently back the tractor up to the plow with the accuracy needed to just lift the arms to couple with the pins. Usually, one arm or the other is an inch or so off, requiring me to get off the tractor and manhandle the plow into alignment. The other approach is to pull away and try to correct the angle, usually over compensating or winding up an inch or so to the side - if I'm lucky enough not to make things worse.

And then there are the times, maybe 1 out of 50, when I somehow line up perfectly. Sheerly by accident, I'm sure.

My question is this: Has there ever been anybody in the history of the Eagle Hitch who was able to consistently back up to an implement accuratly enough to just raise the arms to hitch up? If such still exists, I'd love to see a video.

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Practice Practice Practice


I get my share of ribbing o the chicken roost that takes out fence rows!

My reply is only happened once!

Some day when you have time play with it.

I always stay focused (eyes fixed) on what Im backing into and that helps

Just like plowing a cutting in a field for plowing, aim for the big oak at the other end!
 
I would guess the plow is probably the poorest example they could show. Plows are a little wonky as they sit. I have a 603 cutter and since it sets flat I have been able to hook it up a couple of times while on the tractor.
 
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Park your implements on flat level surfaces helps a bunch. (probably as the engineers intended too because I bet you they never set their implements in a back pasture for 20 years and then tried to hook them up in their R&D plans) I usually open my claws before I get on the tractor if I know I am going to be using them on an implement. Then line up in front of the implement and SLOWLY back up to it until the tabs ears sticking up from the latches touch the pins (and open them if they are not yet open) then lift just a little and you should have it.

Im sorry to say it but no one is going to easily hook up their toplink from the seat (not even ferguson). We all should be getting off to hook the toplink up anyways. Its not like we are using these things to farm a living anymore. We can take the time to hook them up right... safely.
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A lesson I have learned from many years of farming is the product does not necessarily live up to the brochure. It's possible to hook up the Eagle Hitch from the seat, but everything, including the operator must be just right. Don
 
I have several good excuses. For one, I've always been on the short side, and am even shorter now. And, I'm a bit... husky is what they used to call it. It's difficult for me to work the hand clutch while trying to eyeball behind me with any precision - my 72-year-old neck doesn't twist that far any more. So I usually have to guess where the left hand arm is in relation to the implement.

Oddly enopugh, I put the plow on the SC yesterday, and backed up to it perfectly. That'll probably be the one time this year.

As for the hat, I had one of those once, but I was five.

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Practice Practice Practice


I get my share of ribbing o the chicken roost that takes out fence rows!

My reply is only happened once!

Some day when you have time play with it.

I always stay focused (eyes fixed) on what Im backing into and that helps

Just like plowing a cutting in a field for plowing, aim for the big oak at the other end!
 

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