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- Kubota M9000 HDCC3 M9000 HDC
..or have a local machine shop turn you a set of extended pins out of bar stock.
It's a conversion on an AC old snap coupler hitch.Looks like it's not a convertible II to I hitch then. Certainly an unusual setup.
Those pins would be installed on an implement so you can use a quick hitch. Your issue you are describing is the same one I have been trying to find an answer for years. My reason for doing it is different but what I want to accomplish is the same thing. Changing cat 1 width to cat 2 without major fabricating work.I think those bushings I posted won't help at all. They're designed to mount with the big to the outside. There'd be no way to put the clips in. I'll look for longer pins (see two lengths - 5" and 6 3/8"), use spacer bushings, and re-try.
Yep, that's the issue I'm trying to "solve". It's a standard "snap coupler 3 point conversion" on an Allis D-17 Series III. I found two adjustable "extra long" cat 1 pins (had to go to two stores, buying their last one at each store) which may extend/widen the attachment points enough. I'll use the cat 2 bushings to make 'em the right diameter. If that doesn't work, I think some torch/heating/bending will solve the issue. I do have a cat 2 chisel plow also which I'd like to be able to use, so I'm trying to reach a compromise w/o a bunch of fab work.It appears that the "drawbar hitch" is preventing the lower arms from coming in closer. Could it be that a Cat 1 implement was never considered for this tractor.