Another project was building a boom pole for the SC and a 2 to 3 point adapter. Interestingly most of what I used was repurposed steel I saved from the scrap yard. Once again none of my pics will download. The only expense I had was lift pins, paint, consumables, and a farm brewed sub spoiler I bought for the points for far less than modern aftermarket points ($30). An original IH 3 point adapter sells for around $500 and a HD boom pole can be that much too. A local tractor place sells a boom pole for around $270 and only weighs 70 lbs, how stout could it be? The one I built is well over 100 lbs and will unquestionably handle anything the SC can lift and a lot more. The adapter I built is a little crude but it does the job very nicely, built with 3/4” plate and the original points mentioned above. With some adjustability the end of the pole goes from the ground to 90”. I hope to use it to lift logs onto a bandsaw mill. I did incorporate a quick hitch for the adapter, of course the problem with that is most older style 3 point implements are not quick hitch compatible. I managed a work around for that problem too. Man, I wish these pics would download. I only have that issue here on FarmallCub. I’m not going to edit my pics, takes too long for me to do, and I can’t get the file size small enough. I think a big advantage of using a 2 to 3 point adapter is you can take full advantage of all the fast hitch functions including tilt and pitch, AND you don’t have the geometry problem of a more traditional three point that I tried before.
It’s not easy to see on my old arrangement but in this pic the top link connects well behind the 2 point frame connection point and as a result your implement sort of cantilevers up when you want it to go down and vise versa. I mean it’s usable that way but limits the total travel and it’s inconvenient. That said, I like my newest version much better and it works great.
It’s not easy to see on my old arrangement but in this pic the top link connects well behind the 2 point frame connection point and as a result your implement sort of cantilevers up when you want it to go down and vise versa. I mean it’s usable that way but limits the total travel and it’s inconvenient. That said, I like my newest version much better and it works great.
