Attaching Ballast Box to Tractor with Three-Point Hitch

CAUTION: To help prevent personal injury from tractor instability, be sure to attach ballast box before attempting to attach loader.

To avoid bodily injury or machine damage whenever the ballast box is attached, put transmission in PARK position and check the full range of hitch for interference or binding.

Do not stand between tractor and ballast box.

NOTE: 4000 Series Tractor shown. All other tractors are similar.

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    A - Center Link Mounting Hardware

    B - Quick-Lock Pin (2 used)

    Back up tractor to ballast box with hitch points approximately in alignment.


  2. Engage tractor parking brake and/or place transmission in PARK.

  3. Shut off tractor engine and remove key.

  4. Attach tractor draft links. Fasten with quick-lock pins (B) (stored on tractor draft links).

  5. Align center link with upper hole in ballast box mounting straps and install center link mounting hardware (A).

  6. Start tractor engine.

  7. Slowly pull hitch control lever to raise ballast box. Check for interference. Lower hitch to ground and adjust center link and/or lift links if necessary. (See procedures in your tractor Operator’s Manual.)

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