today's video is a continuation of working on the 1960s model Ford 2000 gas tractor if
you're interested to spend a little time with me out in the tractor apply some things have
some failures one success but ultimately fail stick around hey everybody my name is Sam
and welcome back to the channel in today's video I'm going to go through the fun process
of installing a quick hitch adapter on the back of the tractor at the three-point hitch
this is supposed to allow you to back up connect to implements swap them and put otherwise
back on very easily let's go ahead and highlight that word supposedly because yes real life
kicks in a couple of days work happens and I ultimately don't succeed in case you're
not familiar the standard agricultural connection for your tractor and an Implement you hook
up behind it is known as a three-point hitch that basically means there are three points
of attachment you have two lower links down on the bottom and you have one top Link at
the top between the three of them it forms a triangle and that top link being adjustable
in and out allows you to tilt your Implement up or down as need be in addition most tractors
will have an adjustable lower link one or both of them will have an adjustment to raise
them and lower them either together or separate and that allows you to tilt your Implement
so between those three you have full control with raising and lowering your Implement tilting
it from front to back and side to side so the technology and design is great however
the problem is when you go to connect your implements you'll have problems with lining
it up you've got a back your tractor right dead on with those lower links those arms
have to slide over the pins connect on your Implement then your top link has to connect
and it can be pretty problematic especially if we're trying to do this by yourself in
my case this Ford tractor is gear driven has a standard clutch and drive it is not hydrostatic
it is not shuttle shift so it is basically all or nothing you're either going or you're
stopping that tends to make hooking up implements pretty difficult and not something that I
enjoy doing that's why most of the time you'll see one Implement on an older tractor and
you don't change it out that much the first thing to do is disconnect my rotary cutter
from my tractor so I can put the quick hitch in between the two there is a certain procedure
that you disconnect three-point implements with and I want to run through that really
quick with you guys for disconnection top link is the first thing to do loosen your
adjustable top link pull the top pin out and secure it out of the way after that disconnect
your lower arms if you're connecting equipment you do your lower arms first then you do your
top link it's important that you do it in that order so that you don't hurt yourself
these implements can be under a lot of tension and there is a lot of weight back here so
one pin taken out at the wrong time could mean boo boo town for you all right step one
is to loosen my adjustable top link right now it is tight it is under tension this pin
does not move so I'm going to rotate this to loosen it
just enough to have the slack pull out the cotter pin and then take my hitch pin out
now this can be stored out of the way
now that the top link is unhooked I'm going to take out the pin of my lower arm and I
can pull this to the left to slide it off this pin
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for the other side of my lower arm now what you're seeing here is a black bar this is
something a little bit different my tractor is older so these are some add-on stabilizers
I added this is a bar that runs from the lower connection Point straight up to the axle otherwise
the procedure is the same pull the pin take the stabilizer arm up and then the lower arm
can go off all right I got a little preoccupied talking about top link lower link and forgot
the PTO shaft really is probably the first thing to do so I'm going to rotate this a
little bit by hand just to get to this point where you see the spring this is a push button
it moves a cutter or catch out of the way and allows you to pull it off of the spline
shaft of the PTO so I push that down and gently pull it back the last thing to do is to make
sure if you have a safety chain run into your lower arm that you don't forget and you do
disconnect that at this point I need to give myself some working room there's not much
space especially for Sam to fit between the rotary cutter and the back of the tractor
to put the Quick Connect hitch on so what I could do is sit on here fire it up let it
warm up for a second scoot It Forward about three feet turn it off or just go world strongest
man and just try and roll this thing on flat ground so yeah let's do that
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much better that was the energy efficient way of moving the tractor it works as it's
flat
so this is a speaker name brand category one e hitch it's one that is designed to also
use the default mounting pins on all your three-point implements and not require you
to buy separate bushings adapt retrofit and change out your Implement connection points
I love the idea of just buying one object and not having to retrofit especially as I
may share or borrow implements from my brother who has a tractor it's nice not to say well
do you have bushings no okay let me swap bushings and it's just going to be a headache so this
is a really cool design all right let's see if we can manhandle this I'm gonna pick this
hitch up with one arm and try and fish this little connecting pin through the link which
go in between the arm and all the way across foreign
okay all right okay that wasn't terrible see if I can show you guys this other one though
so if you notice the back of the hitch is open that's for your lower arm to go in this
spot
and then the piece that's in my pocket and this guy goes through there what I need to
see is that if I have enough room for my stabilizer arm to get put into the mix [Music]
all right that's not going to fit as it is I wonder if I can use a hitch pin instead
all right we'll see if that works or not that may not work I am deviating from the original
design that's for sure last thing to do is get my top link and hook it up just as I would
with any other implement foreign [Music]
so the way you operate this is with these levers at the top as you pull this over you'll
see that little wedge lock connector go in
simply flip your handle over this way back up to your Implement hook up and then to lock
it in place you do that it's very similar to a skid steer quick attach kind of design
I mean not exactly but it's kind of the same concept one lever locks over a little locking
tab or pin that's it I mean hey pretty cool so obviously I've deviated from the expected
ways of operation by installing my stabilizer arm on the outside and changing out the default
pin with a hitch pin I don't know if it's going to work or not I'm just going to come
back to bite me modern tractors don't have the kind of long stabilizing arms like I've
had to put on this old Ford this is from the 60s I think it's a 64 or 67 and it's an old
one so I'm already retrofitting it with add-on stabilizers that modern equipment and modern
Implement manufacturers are not really working around usually that being said hopefully it
does work but the proof is going to be in the pudding of starting the tractor backing
up to the rotary cutter lifting my PTO and seeing if it hooks up onto the rotary cutter
I am most skeptical about that top hook because the way this rotary cutter is designed there's
a square tube right below where the top link pin is so we'll see you're not going to know
until you try so shut up and try
[Music] thank you
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okay
thank you
well that was not very easy was it and it was not very quick so I want to do a little
bit of reading and looking up some things online tonight I will see you guys in literally
just like one second it'll be tomorrow for me but I want to do some research before I
say what I want to say I'm gonna make sure it's right see you tomorrow like I said I
took last night to do a little research watched a lot of YouTube videos and then looked up
each of my implements and this quick hitch one last time as you guys saw I was really
struggling with the connect and disconnect the whole quick hitch portion of this wasn't
really jiving with me last night as soon as I came out here today I immediately saw what
my problem was and this is amazing it's a prime example of why when you hit a wall just
walk away just walk away and come back because you may just come out here look at it and
think wow I was an idiot so what we have here is my king cutter rear scrape blade this is
one that I picked up from Rural King locally when we first moved out here and yes I got
blue to match the Ford tractor this great blade is sold and advertised as being quick
hitch compatible which was throw me for a loop because last night I had no luck with
that after looking at it today it is very very clear and obvious where I was used to
connecting my top link is not what you use with a quick hitch if you look literally right
below that spot there is a nice big chunky monkey bushing perfectly sized perfectly located
for your top link hook to go there you go wow it took more than it should have for me
to figure that out
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thank you
this chunk of Steel with a little bit of grade 8 Hardware on it is designed in theory to
adapt implements that are not made for quick hitch setups to be quick hitch compatible
this part goes in the Implement where your normal top link connection will go and you're
left with this bar floating out here with two adjustment points in theory you back up
to your Implement your bottom hook hooks where it goes the top one latches in here and Up
and Away you go off into the sunset Victorious so let's go ahead and try it out foreign [Music]
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well that was uh pretty much a failure that adjustable quick hitch adapter didn't work
it just added more problems to the mix it added another Pivot Point on a system that
already has pivot Points built into it with the rotary cutter and I don't see a way to
fix this so I'm Gonna Leave This video at this point I don't have a fix for it so far
I feel like the quick hitch was not worth my while because my rotary cutter is not quick
hitch compatible I've taken a few minutes off camera to really study what's going on
what's going wrong and how I might be able to fix the situation I have an idea but I'm
going to bounce it off of Angela's dad who is a very good metal fabricator and welder
I think what's in my head may work but he will for sure be able to tell me yes or no
what I've got to do though does involve cutting some thick gauge steel and Welding so I need
to gather some tools and accessories in the meantime to actually tackle that job but there's
also some other things on this tractor that are broken that needs touch-up welding as
well that should be interesting I am not a real welder so that's going to be the next
video I suppose fun with welding here's a quick disclaimer I don't know that I'm going
to fix this hitch problem before the next video I have other parts and other things
that I want to do to the Tractor this hitch doesn't have to be fixed for so things may
be out of order ignore whatever Sam just said life is going to happen life will find a way
so just don't fuss at us too bad if what I said is going to be next really is not next
in the meantime between now and then if you happen to have this Agri x 5 foot rotary cutter
and you have a Speedco quick hitch or another model they're pretty similar please let me
know if you got it to work what did you have to do I would love love love love to find
out and know hopefully you guys enjoyed this video if you're here at this point I think
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do take care and I'll see you guys next time on the homestead
four 2000 gas tractor and
yeah now that the top link is unhooked I can take out the pin on my lower alarm hi that's
my alarm and end up with a failure so if you're fun so if you're fun are you fun it felt like
the redneck version of The Price is Right I just spun the wheel I don't know guys yeah
yeah whatever today's video is a prime example why when you hit a road or you don't hit the
road say hello to a quick hitch adapter this chunk of Steel with a little bit of um what
are you grade eight [Music]
okay thank you [Music]
nothing ever easy huh Elijah is a good lesson son nothing is ever easy or goes to plan this
should just pop right in there let me get a longer hitch pin
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