John Deere's 1st 3pt.?

[M Nut]

I had a friend ask me a question I couldn't answer for certain, but new I could find out here. When did John Deere 1st offer a 3pt hitch as a factory option? I know you could order 50's, 60's, and 70's with the 801 hitch, but were those considered 3pt? How about on late model A's and B's?
Thanks for your help.

 

[Dave from MN]

Check out the link below. Looks like it was the "40"
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[M Nut]

Thank you Sir, Just what I was looking for. Cows are still doing good?

 

[Dave from MN]

They sure are , BUT, now I have to get set up to vaccinate them. I am gonna try and borrow a headgate/chute and raise the sides of my" corral" about 2 feet with boards. I am worried they are gonna get goofy. I guess the guy that I bought them from never nnalert, always had healthy cattle. I feel I need to get them going on a program, and it may be quite interesting getting them through the chute the 1st time. Now that they are in there I realize I need a bit more better containment/working area. I have one cow that wants to follow me all over, dont know if she wants to be my friend, or is planning an attack, seems friendly, just doesnt let me get to close, she lets me scratch her nose a bit, and she looked over the fence as I was walking away moo'd. 7 foot side walls should keep in when being slowly worked to the chute shouldnt it. That corral is about 12'x32' 5' sides, with a 10x12 shelter attached. Any suggestion??

 

[M Nut]

My chute is 7ft high sawmill run white oak 2x8's. I got a cow from the neighbor a few years back and he told me prior, she is a good cow, raises a big calf, but will jump over anything when you try to vaccinate her. That was my challenge! The first time she started down the chute, she tried going over. She got her front legs over the top, and I just stood and watched. She hung there for a couple of minutes, and finally gave up and came back down. I got her in the chute, gave her the works, and sent her on her way. I have nnalert her every year since then.
Just make it so they can't get away from you the first time. Once they figure out they can get away, your job just became 10 times harder.

 

[Mike (WA)]

Back when I was running cattle, I had a headgate with about a 20 foot chute running up to it. Cattle would invariably try to turn around, and it was a real struggle to get them up to it. To make matters worse, the chute was a little too wide, so anything under 800 lbs. thought it could turn around and flee. An old guy told me to modify the run-up chute so it curved, and they couldn't see the headgate until they made the last "turn" and were within 10 feet of the headgate. It worked- they're so close to the headgate when they see it, they don't think they can turn around and avoid it, so they just try to go forward and jump through it. Where your alert assistant is Johnny-on-the-Spot with the lever, and catches them in mid-air.