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JD 55H (continued)

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Kevin

05-19-2005 15:21:01




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Starting new topic to continue my old topic about my new old plow. Do you think i would be best buying both manuals although they are $30 each? When you say two different hitches what do you mean? Two different ways of hitching it to the tractor or the plows were manufactured with different hitch types. Mine has the spring the uncouples the plow if you snag something in the soil. I was intending to hitch it with a clevis becuase there is a clevis hanging off of it already when i got it. Once again thanks for any help.

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Glen in TX

05-20-2005 23:02:17




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Kevin, 05-19-2005 15:21:01  
Kevin, I may have some extra operator manuals for the 55H. Can check tomorrow. There was different versions or editions of the manuals and some of the latest reprint ones won't always include a parts list yet some will. Ask before you order the reprints.



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Bob Collins

05-20-2005 05:31:37




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Kevin, 05-19-2005 15:21:01  
If you get the operators manual it will likely have a parts illustration and list in the back, kind of a two for one deal. There were several types of release hitches as well as a plain hitch that were generally used for the clutch lift plows and what was called a "cushion hitch" for use (more) with the hydraulic plows. This one disengaged the clutch to save having to reconnect the hydraulic hoses. It also served to cripple the operator UNLESS he followed the instructions to adjust the clutch rod so the hand clutch lever did not come back and whack his/her knee. It is easier to compare pictures in the catalog than to describe each of the hitches.

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Kevin

05-20-2005 12:52:03




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Bob Collins, 05-20-2005 05:31:37  
Mine seems to have a pully mounted above the hitching system. Not right up were it hitches to the tractor but closer back on the hitch toward the plow, what is this for?



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Dave H (MI)

05-20-2005 19:46:50




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Kevin, 05-20-2005 12:52:03  
I like to make sure we are talking about the same thing. The "hitch" would be the part that extends from the front frame of the plow on one end and attaches to the tractor on the other end.
Should be maybe 3 feet long. Has a big spring that compresses to activate whichever release mech you have. If there is a pully on the hitch, it is part of the tractor clutch release mechanism. A chain goes around the pully and is connected thru another pulley on the drawbar and eventually is hooked to the tractor in such a way as to "throw out" the clutch if an obstruction of some sort is encountered. There is also the possibility that the pulley is part of some cobbled on modification of a former user but most likely what I described above. It's all in the manual. Buy one and you will have all the info.

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Dave H (MI)

05-20-2005 11:24:14




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Bob Collins, 05-20-2005 05:31:37  
Kevin, Bob is the man when it comes to these plows. he helped me a lot with mine when I got it.



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Dave H (MI)

05-19-2005 19:13:26




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 Re: JD 55H (continued) in reply to Kevin, 05-19-2005 15:21:01  
Well, there are two different hitches that I know of. One is like yours and a spring in the hitch arm depresses when an object is struck and allows a rotating hook (attaches to your clevis) to rotate and the plow comes off the tractor. Another hitch arrangement is for JD tractors and a similar spring attached to a chain over a pulley is supposed to actually work on the clutch to take the tractor out of gear. Never seen this type work as I have no JD tractors but I DO have this hitch around the place. Hope this is clear.
If you can only afford one manual, buy the operators.

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