Re: Any instrust in something like this? Picture

Posted by Bob on November 14, 2004 at 20:54:45 from (66.163.134.177):

In Reply to: Any instrust in something like this? Picture posted by Willy-N on November 14, 2004 at 14:37:23:

One thing to watch out for, since there is no power down on most 3-point hitches is a situation where the trailer is overrunning the tractor.

There is nothing to keep the hitch DOWN in place. It can lift up until the angle of the hitch arms is such that they cannot resist the force of the trailer, and will lift and fold forward more or less on top of you.

Look at the angle of the arms in your picture. As a heavy trailer pushes forward, the angle is such that the hitch will try to lift, and the more it lifts, the greater the angle of the arms, and the more lifting force is generated by the forward force from the trailer.

A friend of mine had made a setup similar to yours, and buckled his 3-point while descending a coulee hill with a gravity wagon full of durum. Scared the HECK out of him!

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