Farmers Weekly Inventions Competition
The Inventions Competition attracts the best innovations from both Ireland and the UK and The Third Arm faced stiff competition.
“Invented a neat tool for remotely adjusting a tractor’s link-arm width when hooking up. The Third Arm tool drops over the link arms and has a linear actuator in the middle that shifts them from side to side to line up with the implement.”
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The Third Arm scoops safety award at the innovation arena
"One of the standout entries at this year’s Innovation Arena from a farm safety perspective is the Third Arm"
The Third Arm works as an add-on component to the three-point linkage at the back of the tractor, allowing the driver to have full control of the link arms on the tractor via a remote control from the safety of the cab. The product is designed with two goals in mind."
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First place in “Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry” Tullamore
"He came up with the invention in a bid to make his father's life easier & reduce the risk of accidents."
The unit is powered off the tractor's own electrical auxiliary and features a small powered ram for widening or narrowing a tractor's lift arms into place when attaching a three-point linkage implement.
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Getting hooked up: Need a "Third Arm" for your tractor?
The idea is that the device can make it easier to attach a mounted implement to a tractor – from the cab."
"Put simply, the device is intended to enable an operator to move a tractor’s lift-arms closer together (or further apart) from the cab – at the flick of a switch.
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Beef and sheep farmer invents the third arm!
The Third Arm improves safety and efficiency when attaching implements to a standard tractor with 3-point linkage.
"With this tool, the operator can adjust the tractor’s link arm width remotely. It is placed down on the lift arms, then the power point is plugged in, and the control unit/remote is left in the cab.”
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