Quick Hitches Need a quality quick hitch

[ovrszd]

I spent a lot more on my Quick Hitch from Land Pride. I had given thought to the Habor Freight unit till I watched a few you tubes. Nearly every one they said you had to modify or buy extra things to hook to all your equipment. The last one was one all bent out of wack when the fellow got stuck in the mud with a tool on the quick hitch.

The Land pride QH 15 hooked up nicely to my L3301 Kubota. Came with bushiungs for the small size lift pins also. back up to my back blade and hooked the bottom pins. Removed the 2 pins from the top hook sliped it thru the back blade top pin and reinstalled those 2 pins with the hair pins.

Works the same way on the box blade, rear cultvator and brush hog. I did it the same way on the finish mower but the hook have to be hooked a lot higher on the QH so will probably made a mod to thre finish mower.


Best thing I see to do with a HF QH is to remove the bolts holding rhe top hook in place and buy removable pins that fit in their place.



Also since I can not see my hooks when backing up to a tool and line the pins to the hook I painted an arrow on the top of the QH as a line up mark.



Al

Would a Pat's have been more useable?

 

[Threepoint]

Threepoint. Having seen this hook you mention on the Net, I tried buying one but none available. The company making them said they would email me when available and like you said, very popular item! Right now, all four of my attachments fit easily on the HF hook without issue. All are newer Kubota products plus the Woodmaxx mower. Just getting the HF QH, I had been concerned before if their hook would work for me but alas, it works just fine. Maybe I cheat because of how I hooked them up. -

By extending the top cylinder out, this changes the approach angle on the hook point. I then back under the top cross pin lifting up just a little, then retract the cylinder. I then drop the 3 point just enough to back under the bottom pins, then pick up the implement just slightly, then lower the locking arms. While this seems to work, having an extended top hook would be easier so I will get one when available. Meanwhile I can use as is because of the top and tilt system on my 3 point.

Ricn

Hah, sounds like you've got the technique down! BTW, you're not cheating. That hydraulic toplink is definitely the way to go.

 

[FTG-05]

Buying and using pins for the upper hooks seems to be counter productive and defeats the purpose of the QH in the first place.

I just change the implements that need it to fit the QH. I used my EA ED 8' grader blade as the primary example and made everything like that. Some were easy, some were difficult. My LMC box blade was the worst: all that effort for being off by an inch.

 

[ovrszd]

Buying and using pins for the upper hooks seems to be counter productive and defeats the purpose of the QH in the first place.

I just change the implements that need it to fit the QH. I used my EA ED 8' grader blade as the primary example and made everything like that. Some were easy, some were difficult. My LMC box blade was the worst: all that effort for being off by an inch.

Yep. Modify the tool to fit the QH, not modify the QH to fit the tool. Counter productive.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Well yes in principle. In my case both the Land Pride tiller and the Bush Hog would not fit because the stock HF hook had big bolts holding it on. I could have widened the upper bracket on both - a lot of cutting and welding - but it was much easier - like 10 minutes - to install the zero clearance pins.

 

[downsizingnow48]

And another hat tip to kennyd for the original idea.

 

[Fallon]

Yep. Modify the tool to fit the QH, not modify the QH to fit the tool. Counter productive.

It took me a while to get around to modifying or making an adapter for a few of my impliments. I used some hitch pins to facilitate quick top hook height adjustments until then. Painted some colored stripes on the relevant holes as I never remembered which ones matched what impliments or the QH standard.

 

[TheMan419]

I just bought the adapter and never looked back. The 3pt tools I use are all pto driven so I have to get out of the seat to hook that up.

Qh should just come w a tractor. I cannot imagine going back to not having one.

 

[Ricn]

with the "top Link" connection being such an interesting topic, it would great to see photos of each persons setup along with a short description. Something close up but not so close everyone is stymied by what is going on. What do you think? For me, and being a beginner at using PTO implements, it would be an education for sure.

Ricn

 

[California]

with the "top Link" connection being such an interesting topic, it would great to see photos of each persons setup along with a short description. Something close up but not so close everyone is stymied by what is going on.

Not the top link, but I used washers to widen the lower pins on a small disc so it matched the QH. Tractor Supply stocks these washers, and pins with extra-long threads if needed.