[AT] 3 point quick hitch

[Roy Morgan]

On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:52 PM, Louis wrote:

> Roy,
>
> If I am understanding your question, you are looking for a way to  
> put a 3
> point hitch on a W-4.

Lou,

Well, that is a possibility, but I'm unlikely to do that.  What I  
really want is to find a functioning (or repairable) brush cutter to  
pull behind the W-4 so I can get the weeds cut off the fields here.   
(We have some 20 acres total, with maybe 8  that need to be cut).   
Something like $300 should do the job if I can find one for sale.

> I don't think it is a possibility, due to the way the
> tractor is designed.

I appreciate that opinion.  I've looked at the back end of a few  
tractors over the last few weeks, and it seems to me that it's quite a  
leap from a properly set up modern tractor and the one I have.

At the moment, there are two nice tractors in the yard. We are having  
some fence put in, and the fellow is very well equipped for the job.  
One is a 95 horsepower 4-wheel drive thing with a rear attachment  
meant for serious fence installaton.  There is a drill, a post driver  
and other stuff all mounted in a system that goes left, right, up,  
down and sideways, with hard  point feet like you see on construction  
cranes.  The whole maze of hydraulics is run by a pump mounted on the  
tractor PTO.  On the front of the tractor is a monster fork lift  
attachment used for unloading posts and rolls of wire.   They have a  
way of putting a 300 foot roll of no climb wire on the tractor - then  
they drive down the line of posts to unroll it.

The second tractor is smaller, with front loader and back hoe. That  
one would be just right for me, but when I told the guy the engine  
sounded a bit rough to me and that I'd trade my '51 W-4 even for it,  
he said I'd have to throw in my truck ('04 F250 super duty diesel  
4WD). (Of course the engine was purring like a kitten and likely will  
for the next 20 years or so..heheh)

> The quick hitch system is an item that is mounted on an existing 3  
> point
> hitch system.  What it does, it allows you to back up the  
> implement,...without having to get off the tractor,

Ah, that makes sense, and I can see where that would be mighty useful  
in changing implements fairly often.

Roy


Roy Morgan
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Groton NY, 13073