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Huw Richards

10-14-2002 07:10:10




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I have a 1948 Ford 8N and, I believe, 48" bush hog rotary mower - both of which I bought used. I have looked in Ford 8N Manual and cannot find any information on correct attachment to 3 point hitch including using stabiliser bars, lift leveller etc. Bush Hog manual says see tractor manual. Does anyone have any suggestions for resources/diagrams etc?

Any help much appreciated - because if it's not obvious - highly inexperienced tractor user!

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9n141

10-14-2002 18:39:22




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 Re: 3 Point Hitch in reply to Huw Richards, 10-14-2002 07:10:10  
Attach left arm, right arm,( use crank if nec. ), top link to machine ( top link - centre to centre should be 25"s-fine adj later), siting on seat adj. lift with right hand and attach top link to tractor with left hand, raise impl. 6-8" attach sway bars , att. pto. P.S. If you park the impl. properly 75% of the re-attachment is already done i.e. level ground, blocks under machine etc. If properly set up all att. should be less than 5 min & no sweat.BURT.

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bg

10-14-2002 07:50:07




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 Re: 3 Point Hitch in reply to Huw Richards, 10-14-2002 07:10:10  
It's pretty simple. Attach your top link to the rocker and the corresponding place on the implement. Attach the lift arms to the pins on the implement. Attach the PTO shaft. ALWAYS use an over-running coupler(ORC) for safety. Without it, the bush-hog will keep driving the tractor forward, even while the clutch is in.

You should spend some time driving the tractor without a bush-hog until you are comnfortable with how it handles and behaves.

The sway bars attach to the the lift pins of the implement and to brackets under the fender braces on the axles(if you have them) The other type of stabilizer arms that attach to the top link rocker shouldn't be used while using the lift.

The leveler on the right side is used to level the implement. It should have a scored mark on the shaft to indicate "level."

There is a Ferguson System manual reprint that sells all the time on ebay that shows what you need to know.

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DavidO

10-14-2002 10:52:53




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 Re: Re: 3 Point Hitch in reply to bg, 10-14-2002 07:50:07  
Clicking on the link below will download a 48 page manual on King Kutters bush hogs. It is a very good "general purpose" manual as well with a lot of good safety information, hook-up information, how to adjust the drive link, etc. The manual is in .pdf format which means that you will need Acrobat Reader to view and/or print the manual. If you are not familiar with using a bush hog, I highly recommend reading this manual.

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