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The
Flexpoint Hitch System includes a unitary frame
configured to present three mounting portions
spacially separated from one another in a triangular
pattern.
U.S.
Patent #5,690,182
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Why
Flexpoint?
The Flexpoint's
patented
design
incorporates the STRENGTH and STABILITY of a
TRIANGLE
Under a heavy load, a
square distorts easily. It ends up looking like a
parallelogram. In a square or rectangle each corner angle
does not brace any of the other sides, and the sides can
continue to move with respect to each other as shown.
Thus, the square is not a stable structure.
The triangle is the only shape that cannot be deformed
without changing the length of one of its sides. Because
it's not easily deformed, the triangle is an extremely
popular building shape. It is used in the construction of
bridges, railway trestles, towers, geodesic domes, and
skyscrapers.
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The
Flexpoint is a departure from the horizontal draw bar,
which is functionally inadequate,
and was the motivation for the design
of the Flexpoint Tractor Hitch System.
Improvement
over Drawbar
The traditional fixed draw bar under the belly of the
tractor is difficult to hook up to and hazardous to the
operator. Both the fixed and the horizontal draw bar are
hazardous from a safety point of view, contributing to back
injuries, pinched fingers, and other types of
injuries.
Safer
Easier Hookups Using Tractor Hydraulics
The Flexpoint® Hitch System eliminates the possibility
of injury by moving the hookup point further away from the
tractor and allowing the operator to use the tractor
hydraulics on the 3-point mechanism to align the tractor to
the implement from the tractor seat.
Designed
to use with Pickup Inserts
Further, the 2" square tube receiver technology allows the
operator to insert the various types of connecting
mechanisms, balls, pins, pintle hooks, et. prior to the
actual step of connecting to the implement.
Accepts Implement Inserts
The 2" square tube receiver also lends itself to adapting
many different inserts for practical use around the farm and
ranch limited only by one's imagination.
Insert a Portable
Work Platform or a Trenching Plow
Moves
Point of Connection Back
Other functional benefits to be realized by using
Flexpoint® are that it moves the connection point back
from the tractor, allowing the operator to alley dock
trailers or back into very confining spaces.
Flexpoint® can also be mounted in the bucket of a
loader.
The functionality and versatility of this product is
virtually unlimited and increases the usefulness of the
tractor, allowing the operator to single-handedly accomplish
many tasks safely and easily.
User
Acceptance Satisfaction
To
date, we have shipped in excess of 30 ,000 units nationwide.
We guarantee customer satisfaction. Read
what our customers have to say.
Who is
Using the Flexpoint?
Applications
range from farmers to ranchers, to marinas and boatyards, to
golf courses, parks and recreation, the military,
cemeteries, moving and storage, trailer manufacturers,
vineyards, flower/vegetable/fruit growers, equestrian
stables, and racetracks.
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