[AT] IH Fast Hitch

[Jim Becker]

Substantially true, but few things with IH were that simple.  The 404 and 504 both hit the market at essentially the same time.  Both had draft sensing 3-point hitches.

Prior to the 404/504, a commercial (non-draft control) 3-point was available for both the 240 Utility and 340 Utility.  It was not aimed at farming so much as highway mowers and the like.  These were offered from about 1959.  There was also a 3-point Fast-Hitch for these tractors.  It was sort of like a 2-point plus a 2- to 3-point adapter all built together.  It used a short top link.  It used the same draft control as the 2-point on each tractor.  It was available from 1958.

The European tractors are another story.  The B-250 was built in England starting 1956 or so.  It had a 3-point hitch although I don’t know any details of it.  As far as I know, it was the first British IH tractor with 3-point.  Except for a small test marketing, the B-250 was not imported to the US but was to Canada.  The B-275 was essentially an upgraded B-250.  I believe it started production in 1958 and was brought to the US and Canada the same year.  IH built 3-point equipped tractors in both Germany and France, but I have no specifics on either as neither were imported to the US.

Jim Becker

From: deanvp 
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2019 5:26 PM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
Subject: Re: [AT] IH Fast Hitch

Here is my current guess on when 3 points were first offered by some of the major manufacturers
. . .


Farmall model 404 in 1961




Please correct me if I am wrong






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From: HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net> 
Date: 3/3/19 1:31 PM (GMT-07:00) 
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>, Herbert Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> 
Subject: Re: [AT] IH Fast Hitch 



Dean, I agree with you that John Deeres were very good tractors; I worked many a ten hour day operating the neighbors John Deere A or B plowing, discing, listing, or baling.  Never a problem or concern.


The important thing that I always had to keep in mind was 'pushing the clutch lever backward' on a John Deere to stop whereas as on our 1938 CC Case one 'pushed the clutch lever forward' to stop. Herb(GA)


  On March 3, 2019 at 1:25 PM deanvp at att.net wrote: 

  Ok guys back on track here. 😊 I have never understood why the other brands needed so many cylinders when two did such a good job!  😊  




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