What is this?

[Barn1018]

I bought a Cub a few months ago that had been redone mostly on the surface.. Along with it I got a box of misc parts. This was include and I know it is part of the lift system but not sure how it fits . Maybe someone will recognize it and give me some pointers. Hopefully I can get the pics uploaded or this is all for nought

[tst]

it is part of a fast hitch on a cub, many times the fast hitch has been removed from the tractor and this was left behind
http://www.tmtractor.com/tm-tractor/gim/fhitch_002.htm

[Barn1018]

Thank you. The pictures explained it well . You are right if there was a fasthitch on the tractor at one time this is all that's left

[clm2112]

This brings another question to mind... what is the best way to adjust it? When I finally got mine off the tractor, the adjusting nut was rusted in place. (it got interesting, using a pair of automotive coil spring compressors on it, just to create enough slack to remove it from the rockshaft without launching the rod into the next county.)

Now that it is loose and ready to go back on the tractor, is there a proper set of guide lines on how to use it? It looks like it should be set to take up the weight of the implement through the pre-loading of the spring. But is that what Farmall had in mind? Or should it be adjusted to balance out the weight of the just the fast hitch assembly with no implement attached?

Open to suggestions. The Fast Hitch supplement in the '55 Owners Manual doesn't even show it on the example tractor or discuss it's use. The heaviest implement load I expect my Cub will ever see is having both the Cub-22 mower and an F-11 plow on at the same time.

[Don McCombs]

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