Clevis trouble.

[1falcondriver]

Bought a woods bb720 today. It has category 1 and 2 attachment points. The clevis pin just reduces to 3/8 on one side so it will accept cat 1 arm from smaller tractors. The problem is now the arms won't be centered on the clevis pins, instead they will be offset a couple of inches to the inside of each clevis. Which is also how the cutter accepts the smaller width cat1 arms. My tractor, (JD 4610 43hp, 33 pot, 2500# attachment lift capacity 2 ft aft of the arms) is cat 1 and this seems like a handful of cutter (1200#) for it. I'm wondering how that will affect the lifting of the cutter. In other words will it put to much stress on the inside half of the clevis or what? If you look closely at the figure 10 on page 7 of this link http://www.woodsequipment.com/uploadedFiles/Products/literature/Single-Spindle B07080.pdf you can see they have a cat 1 attached.
Appreciate any advice.

 

[TO_Bud]

1falcondriver the lift arm pins on my cat 1 implements are all 7/8" diameter and I'm assuming that is the reduced size of your cutters pins. If so you should not have any issues with the weight of the cutter. I have a road grader that I drag and lift without problems on my cat 1 tractor and it weighs in at over 2000#s.

Bud

 

[LD1]

Yep, it should be a 7/8" pin. And it probably isnt just mild steel either. Them pins are usually an alloy steel comparable to a grade 8 bolt with 120,000PSI tensile or greater.

You should have no issues at all.

 

[1falcondriver]

I've learned that cat 1 top link is actually 3/4 not 7/8. I guess all top links are 1/8" smaller than the lift arms. My bush hog was made with only 1" holes for the top link. I tried to find bushinsgs but they either need to be tacked in or have collars. Called Woods and they said they would make it right by sending me a couple of parts...
I cant wait to use this cutter, it looks like it's built like a tank!