Three-point Attachment Question

[Threepoint]

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That being said, I've never seen a video of anyone who has properly disconnected and connected 3 point implements. All show folk prying and pulling and trying to move heavy stuff by hand, which is a ridiculous misuse of the system.

Sysop, I'm a lifetime learner and would love to see how you're supposed to do it correctly! Why not make that video? :thumbsup:

 

[WranglerX]

I am already invested in quick hitch because that is what all my local dealers have (3 Point Hitch) and have never seen the Lionforge thing, seems to me somebody is trying to reinvent the wheel, but system only is practical IF you already have not investment in quick hitch ... And what if company fails many will be stuck with system the will be useless..... 200 QH manufactures and 3,000,000 3PH attachments can't be wrong... I find it super curious that many implement manufacturers cant even embrace the existing QH let alone a whole different system....

IF I were to enter a market I would direct my efforts to attachments more in line for the ever becoming popular CUT or SCUT.... Instead of people have to play the guessing game of "will this work on my 18HP tractor" ... Need more of sort of a grown up line of of your ATV attachments to fit the CUT and SCUT arena...

Dale

 

[mcfarmall]

It honestly seems no better from all I've seen and heard.

That being said, I've never seen a video of anyone who has properly disconnected and connected 3 point implements. All show folk prying and pulling and trying to move heavy stuff by hand, which is a ridiculous misuse of the system.

The one point Fast Hitch was for the Cub/A tractor...check out the video of the Super C (and others).

Fast Hitch and Go with a Farmall Super C - YouTube

 

[PEJ5]

Interesting. It looks like it would do well pulling an implement. How well would it do pushing a snowblower? What about a 1000# to 2000# ballast. Would it dangle and swing about?

 

[Sysop]

Sysop, I'm a lifetime learner and would love to see how you're supposed to do it correctly! Why not make that video? :thumbsup:

I've honestly considered doing so, quite seriously. Reasons I have not are as follows, but in no sort of order. The biggest reason would be I don't have time to complete all of the things I need to get done. I never have any help, so finding a camera-person is a no go. If I did the video from a tripod, I would need to cut it many times to provide good view angles, to which many viewers would say I spent a lot of off-camera time setting things up to line up easily. The only camera I have is my cell phone. I could use my cell phone and do the attachment one handed, but quality and length of play would likely suffer greatly. My tractor is loud and my property windy, a voice-over would surely be a requirement; I don't have equipment, software, or experience for that.

 

[TheMan419]

A proprietary system is doomed to failure in my opinion. The advantage of the three point hitch is that it is, or nearly, universal. If I buy into your proposed system there is no guarantee in 5 years when I need another implement that you will be in business or have the implement I want.

With my 3 point if manufacturer A goes out of business I can just buy from B.

As for ease of hook up as mentioned there are already several quick hitch options on the market. There is the methodology that Pat's uses and then there are 3 point Quick Hitches. Each have their advantages and are argued on here as fanatically as tractor color.

Your market would almost certainly have to be people buying new tractors. I already have several implements so I am not going to buy into that system and have to mod those implements or worse buy all new ones. Especially since I already have a Quick Hitch.

 

[Diggin It]

Do you see any specific issues with the 3-point system that need to be resolved?

I don't know since I haven't seen it yet. All I've seen are offsite links. I don't do videos so until I see static pictures embedded into this thread I can view without going offsite, I can't comment.

 

[Diggin It]

That being said, I've never seen a video of anyone who has properly disconnected and connected 3 point implements. All show folk prying and pulling and trying to move heavy stuff by hand, which is a ridiculous misuse of the system.

Being so new at it, I'm still trying to figure it out. Middlebuster is no problem. 500+ pound tiller that wants to rotate forward on the tines is an issue. I've rigged up a lifting frame and sling to help. Takes the weight off and balances to make connection easier.

 

[TheMan419]

Being so new at it, I'm still trying to figure it out. Middlebuster is no problem. 500+ pound tiller that wants to rotate forward on the tines is an issue. I've rigged up a lifting frame and sling to help. Takes the weight off and balances to make connection easier.

The tiller was what put me over the edge to get the quick hitch. The brush hog at least has a tail wheel so it it somewhat mobile. Between the immobility of the tiller and my bad back..... no thanks.

With the HF Quick Hitch I can hook the tiller up in under 5 minutes with almost zero physical effort. Most of the time is taken up in readjusting to get backing up to the tiller square and with the quick hitch lined up properly.

Hooking the PTO up not included in my 5 minutes. There is additional time and swear words used there. I see no difference in that particular effort than I do in the effort there was without the quick hitch.

 

[WranglerX]

The only positive is with that proprietary system is it keeps neighbors from borrowing your implements...

Dale