[AT] Need more tractors

[Dean VP]

Farmer:

It is good to hear you still have your sense of humor after all the
travails. I haven't been successful at that lately. 

If you are interested in making your own three point hitches for your JD's,
here is a site that you might find helpful.  However, IMHO all the homemade
three point hitches I have seen have not been built heavy enough but it
really depends on the intended usage. The disadvantage of aftermarket
hitches on the JD A, B, & G is that the top link will not be active,
therefore no draft control is available. And the JD A's and B's are a bit
light in the front so there is a limitation on how much implement weight is
safe. The styled JD G maintained the cast iron front frame throughout its
model life and is a bit heavier in the front than the pressed steel front
frame on the later A's and B's.

When JD announced the 800 Series Hitches in 1953 they did not recommend
using them on the late A's and B's due to the light front end, although many
have been used successfully with some limitations.  

Here is a link to some home made and commercial aftermarket three point
hitches for JD's:

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Ironwood/3point.html



Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Indiana Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:26 PM
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Subject: [AT] Need more tractors

I am convinced that we need a tractor for each implement.   
:-)    I was putting the bush-hog on the Super M Farmall (3 
pt) and to do that I had to take the bale spear off. We are 
not done with the bale spear and I am not done with the 
bush-hog yet but I also need to use the 3-point grader box. 
I have quite a few tractors but not that many with 3 point 
hitch. One of those is down and will be until this winter 
when I make some repairs to the PTO Drive. I would like to 
make a 3 point hitch for both the 1948 John Deere A and the 
Farmall Super MTA.
	The tractor for each implement doesn't sound too bad but I 
have a lot of implements.   :-)
	Lets see, I could have:
The bush-hog on one tractor.
The grader box on one.
A manure spreader on one.
A mid-mount sickle mower stays on the 1946 AC C much of the 
year.
Then a plow.
A disk.
And so on. I suspect about 40 should do it.  :-)

For a change I am actually looking forward to winter (and I 
normally hate winter). This "will" be the year of the shop. 
I have plenty of firewood available. I have just a little 
work to have the rest of the ceiling closed in and I have 
plenty of rolls of polyethylene sheeting to seal drafts and 
a line of projects a mile long.  :-)
	What I do not have is the every minute responsibility of 
caring for and dealing with my elderly mother with 
Alzheimer's. She is still creating more than her share of 
stress and daily problems but now at least I can work in 
the shop without constantly being stopped to hear some 
(usually groundless) compliant, sometimes as often as a 
couple of dozen times a day.  I had reached the point of 
being almost completely unable to work there at all for 
most of the last two years. The administrator of the 
assisted living center that I placed her in (in July), 
after her Alzheimer's became so bad that it was placing her 
in extreme danger, recently told my sister that he had no 
idea how I had coped with her that long. She was driving 
him bonkers and he had a full staff and they all get to go 
home to privacy everyday. I was only 300 feet away 24-7. 
After we placed her in the center my blood pressure went 
down 30 points in about 3 weeks.
	I have a little dab of hay to bale. A little dab of corn 
to combine and a little dab of wheat to plant and look out 
shop here I come. The shop will be pretty much full time. I 
am sneaking in there more now.  Of course I still have some 
odd jobs to do getting houses ready winter but those 
projects are an hour here and two hours there. Not big time 
eaters. 
	I always enjoyed my shop a lot in the off seasons and I am 
looking forward to getting into it regular like a kid 
waiting for Christmas. Over the last couple of years I 
almost had to beat myself with a knobby club to force 
myself to work there. While I knew it was bad at the time I 
only realize how bad it was as I look back at it.
	I am sure there are others in a similar boat. I would just 
say don't allow it to drag you down. Do what you have to 
do. Don't face it alone.
	I only post this in hope I can get someone else to take a 
deep breath and do what you know must be done. I waited 
much longer than I should have. For those that are not in 
that boat (especially you young guys) I have to say don't 
ever make the mistake of moving real close to your parents, 
not even for a couple of million dollars. A half-mile may 
be OK but still really too close. I only hope I can keep 
from placing a load like that on  my children.
	I have a whole bunch of wagons and trailers. I wonder if I 
should have a separate tractor for each of those.   ;-)   
Then there is the buzz saw and...




-- 
"farmer"
Hewick Midwest

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