[AJD] Hitch question

[Ronald L. Cook]

Well, I'll be darned!  I was there using these hitches when they came 
out and I didn't know that.  We always just stuck the pin back in the 
holes in the implement.  I still do that today.  Must not have read the 
manual, eh?

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Dean VP wrote:

> Dennis:
> 
> These two tabs with holes in them are for storing the Quick-lock Pins in
> when you don't have the pins in the implement's two lower connection arms.
> Several different 3-point hitches have some kind of place to store the pins
> when they are not in uses. On the 3 point hitch for the 20 and 30 series
> there is a hole in each lift link casting for this purpose.  Kind of handy!
> Smart these Americans! 
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Cotton Family
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:12 PM
> To: 'Antique John Deere mailing list'
> Subject: [AJD] Hitch question
> 
> As I spent all day sandblasting my 801 hitch that goes on my 70, and
> worked on the lower draft arms to straighten them up, I noticed the 2
> thin tabs that are on the outside of the draft arms.. I know the inner
> ones work with the center brace stuff but what uses this little thin tab
> on the outside.. I noticed in the ops book on the hitch that a small pin
> clip is installed in the drawings but nothing else.. Anybody ever seen
> an application where its used for something?
>  
> Dennis