3pt snoblower question

Mike(NEOhio) · Nov 15, 2014

This Allied blower can be set up for Cat 1 or Cat 2 hitches. For cat 1 the lower link ball is between the ears. With the lynch pin in place the larger diameter of the pin holds the ball to the inside. Should the ball be on the outside for a cat 2 setup? If it's between it would need some kind of spacer on the inside to keep he pin in place. Buehler owns Allied now and I couldn't get an answer from them.

Eldon (WA) · Nov 15, 2014

(quoted from post at 14:33:14 11/15/14) This Allied blower can be set up for Cat 1 or Cat 2 hitches. For cat 1 the lower link ball is between the ears. With the lynch pin in place the larger diameter of the pin holds the ball to the inside. Should the ball be on the outside for a cat 2 setup? If it's between it would need some kind of spacer on the inside to keep he pin in place. Buehler owns Allied now and I couldn't get an answer from them.

Arm should go between the ears..for cat I and Cat II. I think there should have been a spacer to go on the inside of the ears to hold the pin in the right position for Cat II arms. You should be able to make one easy enough. Make sure the sway blocks or chains are set for Cat I.

If you look closely at the pin, it is not long enough for the arm to go on the outside....and it is a stepped pin, so you just can't grab any old pin to make it work. You could add the bolt-on style pins if your arms won't go narrow enough, but it might bend the bracket over time. Snowblowers take a lot of abuse...

steve wi · Nov 15, 2014

I use mine wih cat.2 and the arms go on the outside. I use it on 8600 ford and the arms don't go narrow enough to go inside.

donjr · Nov 15, 2014

It likely depends on what tractor you have. Cat II is a wider implement spacing, and the pins may be outside of the brackets. Keep them to the inside if they will fit, and for Cat I as far in as you can. Make sure, if you have them, that your sway chains are tight enough. I have JD's, and they have a sway block setup, so we put them in as far as they will go, Usually, the pins wind up outside the brackets in a Cat II position, and inside for the blocks in the Cat I position.

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