Farmall 450 hitch

Tom Wickham · Feb 4, 2013

I have acquired a rebuilt Farmall 450 with what looks like a new 2-point International Fast-hitch. I want to plow with it but my plows (John Deere 825 rollover and John Deere swing plow) are both three-point implements and I haven't got any hitch adapters. Are these IH 2-point Fast hitches really pretty good for plowing, and if so what is the best type of 2-point to 3-point adapter to buy for 32" wide plows? If the 2-point Fast hitch isn't so good for plowing, is it possible to trade in my 2-point Fast hitch for a Cat 2 heavy duty three-point hitch?

John B. · Feb 4, 2013

My dad plowed with a 4-16 for years behind his 560 diesel with a 2-point fast hitch plow. So yes they are good for plowing. The 560 he bought new and it was his main big tractor until 1991 when he held sale.
He did buy adaptor arms that slid into the two point hitch (plus a top link) for on the 460 to use on his 3-point bush hog. The adaptor arms then slid on the two pins on the bush hog and then you just connect the top link like any other 3-point hitch.

JD Seller · Feb 4, 2013

Some of the two point plows did well others where junk. Had a neighbor that had a set of 3 bottoms. If he hit anything they came clear off the tractor. The bottoms did not just trip. We had to help him several times to get them re-hooked. He got rid of them and the next set had normal trip bottoms. They did a pretty fair job.

As for using a three point hitch adapter and then using a three point hitch plow. Most of the adapters I see are not really heavy enough to really plow with. Plus the draft control rarely works very well when you modify the hitch.

I would look for a late model two point plow.

mkirsch · Feb 4, 2013

There is no "heavy duty category 2 three point hitch" for a 450.

All you can get are the aftermarket add-ons like the Saginaw and Worksaver. They're really more of a category 1 hitch. Neither one is great for plowing, the geometry is all wrong for plowing, and there is no draft control.

These add-on hitches are more intended for simple implements like back blades, platform carriers, york rakes, sprayers, log splitters, disk harrows, things that don't require precise depth control and draft.

People HAVE made them work... If you've got nice consistent loamy soil to plow, and you put a couple of depth control wheels on the plow, you can pull it. Basically you've made a trailer plow out attached with a 3pt hitch.

sd pete · Feb 4, 2013

I plowed many acres
with a 560 and 4x16 fast hitch plow. Maybe my memory is bad but i cant't remember it falling off the tractor. The Clip in adapters work well i have used them on row crop cultivators and in a 806 fast hitch with a 3 point steerable plow. That plow didn't fall off the tractor either. Oh yeah we have rocks.

JD Seller · Feb 5, 2013

SD Pete: The plow he owned had a trip latch on the hitch that let the tractor go ahead when the plow hit some thing. It was supposed to catch the plow at the end of its stroke and tip it up and over the obstruction. They would instead let the two point hitch come clear off the plow. It was not a two point problem it was how the plow was made. Maybe something was broke on the plow. All I know is that it took help to get it back together.

I think the plow looked kind of like this one. I remember it having a larger spring and hitch than this one but kind of the same thing. It has been over fifty years ago now.

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