3pt Top Link chain

[California]

Lets remember the OP was asking about using a chain on NON mower or cutter applications.

I think the advice applies for any implement that can carry weight that should be on the back tires.

 

[LouNY]

Just as a side note every bush hog I've ever looked or used had a flexible link in the top linkage when new.

 

[RayIN]

I rarely hook up the toplink to either the finishing mower or the bush hog. If there's a rock to hit, lifting the 3 point hitch gets it over any obstacle.

My 3 point hitch holds it's position quite well, no drop so no worries...

What does that do to the PTO shaft U-joints?

 

[5030]

After reading about guys using a length of chain top link, I made one. I considered what happens if the mower or land plane tips up all the way. My rotary mower would tip up to about 60° before the A-frame hits the back of the tractor diff. housing, but by then the PTO shaft has already broken, which I should've already known and shut down the tractor. Using a short pipe 6" shorter over the chain prevents this from happening.
I wonder how many tractor operators don't watch the implements they are using, just turn the key and steer? This can cause problems though, I have a loose disc in my back from looking over my right shoulder watching what's happening; my chiropractor fixes me about 1-2x/week.

What I need is a chiropractor to fix me at least weekly but it has to be a young she with tight fitting clothes as well..

 

[RayIN]

What I need is a chiropractor to fix me at least weekly but it has to be a young she with tight fitting clothes as well..

I went to one once, it made me stiff in the wrong places; never went back.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

What does that do to the PTO shaft U-joints?

Between the lift arms and the hydraulic top link I can probably lift my small movers to about 40 degrees or so.

Needless to say, I don't run the PTO at high speed when doing it.

 

[John0829]

I think the advice applies for any implement that can carry weight that should be on the back tires.

Not arguing that point, the point I was making is everyone has drifted the dialog to mowers and bush hogs which is not what the OP had asked about.

 

[old and tired]

What does that do to the PTO shaft U-joints?

Don't really know, never a problem for me. Plenty of overlap but not enough to ever bottom out. The pto shaft and 3 point hitch arms are pretty parallel and only a few inches higher. So nothing gets into a bind no matter how deep a ditch I cut across.

As for the OP, not sure chains are recommended for any other implement except for mowers...

 

[miscjames]

All., thank you! keep the comments coming. About 80% of my mowing is done going backwards. I live in a holler and to keep the roads and ditches clean its usually a case of backing the mower over the edge back and forth all the way, thank God for HST. I know that is not the intended design of a rottery cutter. But i dont have a flat peice of ground on this place except where i have made it flat. How do you thing using a chain would work out mowing backwards.

 

[California]

How do you thing using a chain would work out mowing backwards.

Seems to me that would meet your objective, letting the mower follow the surface as you back it off a cliff. Just verify that the driveline won't bind.