tacticalturnip
Elite Member
@SmallChange that is extremely impressive, I wouldn't have given any thought to setting up something so useful in such a small place; it seems so, industrial, on a miniature scale.
I do the same with my category 2 implements. And having the telescoping lift arms makes this easy. A few wacks with a plastic dead blow hammer is also handy at times.Personally I just want to get one side on, then I used a 5ft pry bar and move or lift the implement as needed to hook on the other side.
You might check to see if you can retrofit telescoping lift arms on your tractor. They make a huge difference with cat 2 implements.Brother - I'm just coming down from a high sweat. Changing over from rear blade to LPGS.
I have a very large field where I can unhook and leave the rear blade. It was just not my day. What normally takes ten minutes took 30. I choose the wrong spot and the operation became a true PITA.
Fortunately - hooking up the LPGS went easy.
That's one downside of Cat 2 implements. You can't "muscle" them.
It's actually been quite warm this afternoon - 70F.
Thank you very much!something so useful in such a small place; it seems so, industrial, on a miniature scale
Actually, I'd go even further. We're also here because of our own ignorance -- the most important thing to fix!Don't feel bad. We're here to help (well, most of us are).
They make a huge difference on cat 1 implementsYou might check to see if you can retrofit telescoping lift arms on your tractor. They make a huge difference with cat 2 implements.
Funny that you should mention this. I've been thinking about using a length of chain for the top link when hooking up my old Dearborn, to see if it follows the contours of the ground better.use that tractor on a pull-type disk.
(Ive yet to see any 3-point disk that I’ve thought was worth more than its weight in scrap metal).
Make that two of us. Hooking up the PTO shaft for my snowblower is a wrestling match with the quick hitch in the way.Well I guess that I'll be the sole dissenter as I have no use for the rear quick hitches. While they may be a bit easier for the lift arms I find them to be a royal pain when hooking up the pto and at times the hydraulics.
If your tractor has the extendable lower links or the euro hooks they make 3 point hookups better.
I have even been know to get in and hook up the pto before finishing backing up and hooking up the lift arms.
My snowblowers pto is one of my worst ones, it actually has two push pins on opposite sides that have to be pushed in to connect or disconnect. It's an inverted blower with very little room from the side skirts to the rear tires. I actually stop 3-6 inches before being fully backed in to have room to get in and hookup the pto shaft, then back in the rest of the way to latch in the lower lift arms. I also only grease the u-joints in that shaft before hooking her up.Make that two of us. Hooking up the PTO shaft for my snowblower is a wrestling match with the quick hitch in the way.