3 Point Help (yep Newb question)

[marcinzk]

Ok, forgive the flurry of dumb questions but I'm a newb to tractors. I just bought a Yanmar 2002, and I am attempting to attach a rotary mower to the 3 point harness and I have a problem which is best illustrated by the below photo:

As you can see the bolts on the mower that attach to the lower lift arms are spaced wider then the lift arms can go - the lower arms will actually contact the tires before they go on the pins. Are the lower lift arms on correctly, or are they reversed?

Oh, I suppose I can reverse the pins on the mower, but is that a good solution?

 

[silverdollar6]

Yes, Just reverse the mower pins, it is done often. I have had to do it on some of my attachments.

 

[Tact]

It's somewhat hard to tell by the relationship of the tractor to the cutter, but from what I can see there are two problems. One, the pins need to be move down to the lower holes near the deck. There your arms would attach and you'd have move vertical lift. Two, the pins need to be reversed, facing in. This is what appears to me. Hope this helps.

 

[modifyit]

I am also a tractor newbie, so can't comment on the three point setup. However, are those tires installed backward?

 

[Grrrr]

I am also a tractor newbie, so can't comment on the three point setup. However, are those tires installed backward?

I was wandering the same thing earlier but now that you say it I had a look at some other tires and I think they are backwards.I dont think that they will self clean that way round and you will have worse traction.

Also, why is your pto shaft split? I don't think you need to do that to hitch up.

But I could be wrong...

 

[marcinzk]

Yep looks like the previous owner ran the tires backwards, good catch fellas. As to the shaft being split I was just playing around to see how it engages onto the pto output and its much easier to maneuver half the shaft versus the whole shaft.

 

[Grrrr]

Yep looks like the previous owner ran the tires backwards, good catch fellas.

Why would they want to do that (Or did they not realise)

 

[marcinzk]

Why would they want to do that (Or did they not realise)

I don't have a clue why he'd run them backwards, other then like you state he must not have realized they were on wrong. This just affirms my suspicions that the previous owner was not the brightest chap in the world.

 

[Grrrr]

I don't have a clue why he'd run them backwards, other then like you state he must not have realized they were on wrong. This just affirms my suspicions that the previous owner was not the brightest chap in the world.

Have you managed to get the mower on now?

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Well, at least if you get stuck, you've got good traction backing out.

Stabilizer turnbuckles will adjust to allow SOME movement on draft arms out towards tires. Swap lower pins to point inward.