I think everyone is going to have there own idea as to what happened. No one is right and no one is wrong.Debating over why the 3pt won over the other designs is like asking, Why did diesel tractors win over LP gas tractors? Lp was a much cleaner burning fuel.
I haven't heard till reading this topic that John Deere invented the quick hitch. If they did the first ones must have only fit JD equipment.
Back in the 70's neighbors would want to barrow our new six row cultivator. We had an IH 706 with a 3pt and an Oliver 1855. (never did own a tractor with a quick hitch) Any time the neighbors tractor was a John Deere. They would have to remove the quick hitch because the hitch didn't match the cultivator. It was a real struggle for two people to remove the heavy quick hitch from the neighbors John Deere.Then try to help them put the QH back on when they returned out cultivator.
The fast hitch was a good design other than having to switch from 2pt to the drawbar. IH offered the fast hitch up into the 66 series. It couldn't been all that bad if IH made it that many years.
The fast hitch had the same problem as the Allis snap coupler. You couldn't mix equipment brands. You had to stay all IH or all AC.it was kinda hard to sell a snap coupler plow to an Oliver guy.No matter how big a hammer you get. It just won't fit! Same problem trying to sell a fast hitch plow to an Allis guy. I know two guys that ran IH tractor and Fast Hitch equipment. Both have told me they liked the Fast hitch over the 3pt equipment they bought later.
By the time the patent ran out on the Ferguson system. Ford all ready had it. Massey Harris Ferguson of course had it. So did Cockshutt/Olivers.
John Deere had a 3pt on the late model A's and the 60's. The weird top link would only connect to John Deere implements.
Later we traded the Oliver for a used JD 4430. Dad and Grandpa both would tell you the OLIVER had a better 3pt than the John Deere.
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