[AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary

D. Day ddss at scppd.net
Sat May 22 07:32:40 PDT 2004


Planet Jr?  I remember as a kid having a Planet Jr sled and wagon.  Same
company?

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The JD 40 had ENORMOUS springs to create down pressure on the 3-point. Also
a
draft-sensitive feature that could be turned on or off (with a wrench).

The down pressure was enormously useful when using something like a Planet
Jr.
seed drill (for truck crops). It ensured positive contact between the seeder
and the ground. Using the same implement on, say, a small Ford or Ferguson
ran
the risk of skipping.

My aftermarket 3-pt hitch on the Farmall Cub of course has pressure up and
down, but no draft control whatsoever. I imagine trying to use it with a
pick-up plow would be frustrating. Someday, I hope to fabricate a small
pick-up disk for it, and I think that would probably work OK.

Note for historical record: The "regular" Cub disk was a cute little 4 1/2
foot double-acting trailer disk, which was probably pretty good, but there's
no way I could ever find a place to store such an animal. The Fast-Hitch
version was a 4 1/2 or 5 foot single-action pick-up unit. Nice, but I don't
think many have survived, and I certainly don't have a fast hitch. No, my
notion is, someday, to buy one of those bargain-type little pick up disks
you
find at TSC and other outlets and cut it down to fit the Cub.

That's for when I find some cheap rental land near my place and can indulge
my
fantasy of having a small produce farm. Good luck?

Bob Seith


Grant:

Appreciate your comments and none of the two cylinder era three point
hitches of any variety had power down that I am aware of. I'm not sure of
the 40 through 430 series tractors but I doubt they had it. I know on some
tractors the operator could use the three point as a jack. In fact I think
Ford/Ferguson sold an accessory for this very function. I'm not familiar
enough with the other manufacturer's products to know which had the power
down feature. I surely can see where the power down feature would be very
helpful at times.

The load sensing feature was more important for the smaller tractors such as
the Ford/Ferguson and the JD 40. They tended to be light in the rear end and
the increase in traction provided by the three point was mandatory. That
wasn't as critical on the larger Two Cylinder Row Crop tractors since the
typical weight distribution was 70% to the rear. The early power lifts on JD
were either all down or all up. Then the power-trol allowed control of the
in-between but no real closed loop depth control. That is why gauge wheels
were required on the implements. Then the 20 Series tractors gave full three
point closed loop control and the gauge wheels were not needed as much.
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