Cat. 3 Point linkage on D2/D4

Lance Jones
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3 years 6 months ago #226640 by Lance Jones

Cat. 3 Point linkage on D2/D4 was created by Lance Jones

Wondering if Cat. actually fitted 3 Point Linkage to the D2/D4 Range of Tractors .I know of 3 Units out here in Australia with Linkage fitted , one D4 which was brought in from Great Britian and another D4 was professionaly Built in Qld ,Aust and a very late D2 is fitted with a very nice looking unit, Front Mounted Pump [not Cat Type] with Fender Tank and Controls. Maybe aftermarket fitment . Anyone any thoughts or suggestions on the Subject ? LJ

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3 years 6 months ago #226642 by Rome K/G

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Rome made a heavy duty hitch for later tractors.

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3 years 6 months ago #226644 by Delta KJ

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I seem to recall in addition to the Rome that Wilcox made aftermarket 3 point hitches for Cats and Farmalls. I had a copuple on some old Farmalls but I don't recall the brand. Be aware that connecting such a hitch to a small Cat will put a lot of weight on the back end of the tractor... probably on advisable with small/light implements.

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3 years 6 months ago #226645 by Delta KJ

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Sorry for the spelling errors in my previous post... I will proof read them better in the future. After posting my previous post, I remembered that aftermarket hitches for Cats and Farmalls were made by Sweco also.

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3 years 6 months ago #226646 by juiceman

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Lindex was a manufacturer of three point hitches as well. I have Sweco 3 point hitches on my CASE 350B tracked sprayers. Delta KJ is correct about the weight. A neighbor had a 3 point on their CAT D4C 40A series (brand unknown). It needed serious counterweights on the front, as the back end was overloaded with a solution tank of 150 gallons.

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3 years 6 months ago #226648 by neil

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Great job Delta on seeing the errors - not a lot of us do that, particularly with grammar which is important for meaning but you nailed it nicely - thanks!
JM - I've noticed from the sales leaflets that I have for the special ag tractors that many of them have front weights as standard offerings. I'd be curious, and this might be a research project, to know when Cat started actually changing the weight balance to recognize that most people ran dozer blades and thus moved the weight distribution more toward the rear, or whether they just tested how it played out in the field and added counterweights as field work suggested.

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Neil

Pittsford, NY

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3 years 6 months ago #226652 by juiceman

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Neil: I notice that most of my SA machines have weights nicely tucked behind the grills. I’ve always wanted to ask friends across the pond how much they pack in the front of their tractors. Seems like a lot in order to use their rollover plows.
Just playing around with light items such as a ditch plow or even ripper shanks on a toolbar machine, one can feel the lightness of the front end!

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3 years 6 months ago #226653 by Wombat

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I think you could pack about 2,000 kgs under the nose of a D8L SA as a sandwich to help balance it, some D9N and D9R blade tractors also packed a sandwich of weights under the nose so that they could exert more down pressure on the cutting edge.
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3 years 6 months ago - 3 years 6 months ago #226654 by rax200

Replied by rax200 on topic Cat. 3 Point linkage on D2/D4

Hi Lance,
Theres a D2 coming up for auction next week that has a 3 point linkage mounted on it.

Regards

Daryl

1937 RD4 4G4368
1940 D4 7J3717
1942 D4 7J9915SP
1942 R4 6G2550SP
1944 D4 2T6584SP
1945 D4 2T8978SP
1946 D4 5T6271
1956 D4 7U37855
1954 DH226 S/N 89 Howard Tug

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3 years 6 months ago #226655 by gauntjoh

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Many parts on that 3 point linkage on the D2 look like Nuffield / BMC I would say.

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