Double Hitch Caddy

Double Hitch Caddy HITCHES Hitches 15-2-15 If you're looking for a way to combine field operations and meet conservation tillage requirements at the same time, you'll want to check out this new "double hitch" caddy. The Blu-Jet Land Tracker is equipped with both front and rear Cat. III 3-pi hitches, allowing you to pull two separate implements simultaneously, yet operate them independently. A 500-gal. tank can be mounted on top of the heavy-duty frame to apply fertilizer or chemicals. The rear of the caddy is supported by a pair of hydraulic lift wheels. "It's the only caddy on the market equipped with both front and rear 3-pt. hitches. Or you can use a pull-type hitch on the rear," says John Buman, Ken-Lee Distributing, Harlan, Iowa. "The result is great flexibility. You can use many different combinations of implements for either till-age or planting. For example, you can mount a single coulter bar disk on the front 3-pt. hitch and a drill at the rear for no-till planting. In soybean ground, you can raise the single coulter bar disk and plant without any tillage. You can mount a tank on the frame and a single coulter bar equipped with fertilizer injection knives on the front 3-pt. hitch to apply fertilizer at planting. Ridging cleaners can be mounted on the front 3-pt. hitch allowing you to build ridges and plant right on them using the rear 3-pt. hitch or pull-type hitch. "By mounting a conservation disk on the front 3-pt. hitch and a subtiller on the rear 3-pt. hitch you have a complete one-pass deep tillage operation that leaves residue on the surface. Many other implements can be mounted on the front 3-pt. hitch, including spray booms, field cultivators, chisel plows, irrigation ditchers, and scraper blades. Field cultivators, chisel plows, fertilizer injection toolbars, V-rippers, and row crop cultivators can be mounted at the rear of the caddy." The front 3-pt. hitch is supported by two double-rod hydraulic cylinders that operate independently from the rear lift wheels to provide total depth control for the attached implement. Depth collars can be used on the cylinders to set upper and lower position limits, or you can set depth by referring to a depth sight gauge on the caddy. The underslung narrow 3-pt. hitch in front comes with quick-coupling jaws. The 3-pt. hitch at the rear can be set either wide or narrow and can be locked into a rigid position or allowed to float to match field conditions and requirements. Sells for $6,850. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Blu-Jet Products, Thurston Mfg. Co., Hwy. 87A, P.O. Box 218, Thurston, Neb. 68062 (ph toll-free 1 800 658-3127).

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