Hi! I hope everyone is enjoying life and feeling well. I'm trying to determine whether I have a fast hitch setup for my 1951 Farmall Cub. Would any of you be able to help me identify the parts in the attached photos? I'm guessing some are rogue, but I think most are part of some sort of hitch setup my grandfather had used. Even if you're able to identify the particular name of the hitch and can point me towards on online photo or figure with a list and details, that would be great. I've labeled them with letters to help. Thank you so much!
Part (hitch?) identification help
- Thread starter tnyMtngt
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Thanks for adding the letters, makes it much easier to reply.
A - mule drive for some unidentified belly mower.
B - a substitute hitch? looks homemade.
C - rear crossbar for Cub-144 cultivator.
D - common hitch clevis.
E - combined with N is a Fast-Hitch helper spring.
F - may go along with A.
G - combined with H is a swinging drawbar for tractors with a standard hitch.
I - appears to have been reinforced but is probably part of a Cub-54 snow plow.
J - more of the snow plow.
K - PTO pulley for a Cub-22 mower.
L - part of a snow plow, but for a late version. Most other snow plow parts look like an earlier version.
M - not sure, may go with A.
O - piece of rebar. Looks like it has been fashioned into a substitute for T.
P - no guess.
Q - more of the snow plow.
R - cultivator lift/pressure rod, Goes with C.
S - more of the snow plow.
T - I thought more of the snow plow. But the left end has me questioning that. Maybe goes with P?
U - more of the snow plow.
A - mule drive for some unidentified belly mower.
B - a substitute hitch? looks homemade.
C - rear crossbar for Cub-144 cultivator.
D - common hitch clevis.
E - combined with N is a Fast-Hitch helper spring.
F - may go along with A.
G - combined with H is a swinging drawbar for tractors with a standard hitch.
I - appears to have been reinforced but is probably part of a Cub-54 snow plow.
J - more of the snow plow.
K - PTO pulley for a Cub-22 mower.
L - part of a snow plow, but for a late version. Most other snow plow parts look like an earlier version.
M - not sure, may go with A.
O - piece of rebar. Looks like it has been fashioned into a substitute for T.
P - no guess.
Q - more of the snow plow.
R - cultivator lift/pressure rod, Goes with C.
S - more of the snow plow.
T - I thought more of the snow plow. But the left end has me questioning that. Maybe goes with P?
U - more of the snow plow.
Thanks! So from what you've seemed to identify, B is likely a homemade hitch. Then D, E with N, G and H, and maybe P could go to a hitch system. Would all these be enough for a proper hitch and would you have any idea if it would count as a "fast" hitch?
Also, I took photos of two different parts. I have two of V and thought they went to the cultivators, but could they be part of the hitch system? And W I thought was some lever for the sickle bar mower or something else I have and have identified.
Thanks for any more thoughts and help!
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Don McCombs
501 Club
V is part of a Cub-144 cultivator setup. A 1951 Cub would not have come from the factory with a Fast Hitch. They were not introduced until 1955. The two Fast Hitch parts that you have were likely used for something other than their original purpose.
Picture 6_1 is the depth control for a 193 plow. Pic 5_2 is part of a cultivator
This page shows everything needed for a fast hitch. https://www.tmtractor.com/tm-tractor/gim/fhitch_001.htm
You do not have near enough pieces for a fast hitch.
This page shows everything needed for a fast hitch. https://www.tmtractor.com/tm-tractor/gim/fhitch_001.htm
You do not have near enough pieces for a fast hitch.
Cool, thanks!
Sweet! Thanks for the link. OK, so it seems I have a hitch, and some parts of another hitch and/or my grandfather somehow used these together. Thanks!
Not really.
oh. Jim Becker suggested that B was a homemade hitch
I did and it may be. I'm not sure exactly how it might fit and be used. Do you NOT have a standard U-shaped drawbar bolted between the final drive housings? Pictures are here: Drawbar Picture on TM. You might try test fitting item B to see if it would fit there.oh. Jim Becker suggested that B was a homemade hitch
Don McCombs
501 Club
Posting some photos of YOUR tractor would also help us help you.
Yes, there's a drawbar there on the back of the tractor. Please forgive me - although I've learned a lot about how the tractor runs and what I've needed to do to get it running (sometimes), I'm very naive and all this tractor stuff is a bit outside my wheelhouse. I did try to line up item B (see attached photo), but I'm not sure how it would fit, unless with a couple thick washers it would replace the drawbar - i.e. it's shorter than the drawbar by about an inch. Or maybe it fits on the drawbar with the hitch ball...??
staninlowerAL
501 Club
Thanks, ok! Please see the attached photo of the tractor plus photos of all the implements.
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Thanks, yeah, I don't have those it seems
staninlowerAL
501 Club
Yup, you have a belly mower (3 blades), cultivator parts, sickle mower, and a 54A leveling and grader blade (some call it a snow plow). Can be mounted middle of the tractor or up front. A cubfest would help you a lot to understand how all this goes together. JMHO Stan
EDIT I overlooked the one bottom plow in the corner next to the sickle mower, someone already pointed out the depth adjustment lever goes with it. Stan
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And I’d say that it is a hitch, but not very versatile. That may be what Barnyard was alluding to. The regular drawbar for a cub would give you more options. The parts you have for a fast hitch can be used without a fast hitch to help with lowering heavy implements so there’s no ‘jerking’ motion and give some lift assist with the regular lift rod and rockshaftoh. Jim Becker suggested that B was a homemade hitch
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The last set of pictures will help tremendously with helping you piece things together. While you don’t have a fast hitch, the help spring can still be mounted on the tractor if your hydraulic rockshaft has the helper spring tab. A pic of the left arm of hydraulic lift would tell us whether it’s there or not
