[AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary

[Guy Fay]

I  don't know Dean, I was just plowing a few weeks ago on Mike 
Schmudlach's Cub with a one point plow in some nice old alfalfa 
ground...did just fine, and I weigh about 230 these days. And, oh yeah, 
it was pretty wet that day. Must have been that one point Fast Hitch 
that made the difference.

Dean VP wrote:

>Farmer:
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>JD's were designed to do real field work not stinking little gardens that
>the Fords, Fergusons, Cubs, etc were designed for. :-) That is like using a
>D10 Caterpillar to mow the lawn! :-) 
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>If I brought my 48 Cub along on the trip it would be a one way trip.
>However, my wife's health issues are putting a crimp on our trip plans at
>the moment.  
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>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>What people can dream, people can do! George W. Bush
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>www.deerelegacy.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Robinson
>Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 9:36 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary
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>Dean VP wrote:
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>>George:
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>>I just knew I was going to step on some toes, especially yours. Oh, well
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>at
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>>least we got to hear from you again and that is good!  :-) I have been
>>trying to skip a few meals of potatoes and gravy this spring to reduce the
>>traction but still am pushing the 260 lb line. I would think that adding
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>260
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>>lbs plus would help out a Cub tremendously. :-) And the CUB had the two
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>rear
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>>wheel weights installed too. Dang things are just the wrong color!  :-) I
>>must have been sitting on the grill. Never could understand a tractor
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>where
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>>the seat is offset!  :-) At least the grill is on the centerline of the
>>tractor. 
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>>Ok, I haven't completely lost it relative to the Ford Jack arrangement. So
>>one lifts up on the three point which in turn lifts the tractor. Vely
>>intelesting! Not sure I have seen a real one of these jacks other than
>>pictures. But they are the wrong color too!  :-) 
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>>My neighbor was over here with his Ford 8N helping me collect rocks on
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>part
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>>of my pasture a few years ago. Part of my pasture has a pretty good grade.
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>I
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>>had to pull him up the slope since the 8N was so light in the rear he
>>couldn't get up the slope. What is it about these red and grey tractors
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>that
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>>make them so light in the rear? And at the time he had had his fair share
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>of
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>>potatoes and gravy too! Must be they just don't have enough power to apply
>>to the rear wheels if they were weighted properly! God intended that farm
>>tractors have at least 70% of the weight on the rear wheels so they could
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>do
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>>something useful. At least drag a chain for show, at the minimum. :-) 
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>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>	And I once borrowed a Deere B and a 6' disk to do a garden 
>and didn't think the silly thing would ever get the job 
>done...   :-)   a good 8N Ford would have disked rings 
>around it... Maybe you have just never been around a good 
>one.   :-)   That B Deere sure wasn't a good one. Not sure 
>what its problem was but I would sure hate to judge all 
>Deeres by that one. One of the best small plowing tractors I 
>ever used was a TO-20 Ferguson with an TO-30 overbore kit in 
>it. Jumping up a size I was really fond of the IHC 300-U 
>with TA for plowing. It BTW did have optional down pressure 
>on the hydraulic Fast Hitch. My Farmall Super M has a Speeco 
>3 point and it has optional down pressure. Sadly the loader 
>on it does not.
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>	Bring that #$%& CUB to CUB FEST in 4 weeks and we'll give 
>it a good looking at and tell you what it needs to pull a 
>16' disk.   ;-)
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