Re: 3 Point

Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 12, 2004 at 15:30:08 from (209.226.106.63):

In Reply to: 3 Point posted by Allan on June 12, 2004 at 05:56:51:

Allan: If memory serves me correctly Cat II on 656, 666, 686, 756, 856, etc. was 5,000 lbs at the end of lower links. Cat. III on 1066, 1466, etc. was 7,500 lbs at the end of links. I think that rating was measured as centered on the end of lower links, versus hanging out behind like a plow.

I once operated a Rockland Rotoveyor with my 1066. It hooks to the lower links like a semi-mount plow. We used 24 of the 96# IH suit case weights and tractor would still slide some turning with machine out of the ground. We built a double rack to hold those weights out front. If you were a bit quick on clutch a front wheel would lift. So there was a lot of weight back there. Hydraulically it never even made the tractor hesitate.

Power was another story as manufacturer called for minamum of 200 hp to operate that machine. It was a demonstration and at the end of the day his machine was sold. I was not the buyer. The buyer bought a V8 MF 225 hp, then an articulated MF and finally a 225 hp 4x4 Deere. The Deere did stand up. I wouldn't have wanted to put 1066 on that machine long term either. But it did run it and sell it.

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