Pat's Quick Hitch

[PearlWhiteGT]

I've been looking at purchasing one of these Pat's Quick Hitch for my New Holland T1510. How many of you have experience with them? Is there anything I need to know prior to using it? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Pat's Quick Hitch Category 1 gray — PAT'S QUICK HITCH

Includes FREE SHIPPING, Stabilizer bar, and 3 sets of lynch pin washers. Fits Cat 1 Lift Arms and Cat 1 Implements. The hole and Pin size are 7/8". The size of the hole in the ball of the lift arm determines the category of the tractor. Pat's Easy Change Quick Hitch fits All width implements.

www.patsquickhitches.com

 

[CalG]

I have them on the B7200,
That tractor's character is that the lift arms fall IN toward the center. With the Pat's, a spreader bar is a big help when hitching up! Pat's sells one, I made my own.

The other aspect is that the lifting lugs on the Pat's don't accommodate a large variation of pin width nicely.
The alignment is adjustable, but I would not call it field adjustable. You would likely never run into issues but I have a couple of very narrow attachments, and some wider ones. It's still works, just tight.
A Euro-ball would be a refinement.

Get a couple of sets of those pin washers, and just leave them on your attachments.

 

[JeepHead]

I have the Pat's and mine came with the bar that allows to to set the width or the arms. I love my Pat's hitch and have a variety of implements that work with it perfectly fine. It does add about 4" to the lift arm lengths, so take that into consideration for any of your existing PTO shafts...

 

[bearthebruce]

I agree with the others.. I have been using our PATs for about 6 years now. Love them. So much easier than it used to be.

I have a bent lift arm on the 3 point. Not bad enough to cause trouble. The Pats makes it easier to connect to our implements.. We are swapping them all the time.

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

Thanks, I was wondering how well they work compared to the Quick Hitch style. The only attachment I'm currently running is a 5' brush hog but have plans to get a disc. With the addition of the length to the arms will I have any issues connecting my PTO shaft on the brush hog?

 

[JeepHead]

Thanks, I was wondering how well they work compared to the Quick Hitch style. The only attachment I'm currently running is a 5' brush hog but have plans to get a disc. With the addition of the length to the arms will I have any issues connecting my PTO shaft on the brush hog?

Depends. It adds 4" of length to your shaft so do you have 4" of shaft to spare before running into issues?

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

Depends. It adds 4" of length to your shaft so do you have 4" of shaft to spare before running into issues?

Not sure, going to have to check before ordering it.

 

[dodge man]

I’ve had Pats for about 7 years now. I had them on a Kubota BX and moved them to my JD. I like them but did modify mine.

The three point lift arms have ball pivots usually and the Pats eliminate the swivel ability. What I did was leave my Pats loose so they can flop around a little. My problem is the original Pats bolts are pretty soft and when I removed them they were mushroomed out a little. I got harder bolts and ran a thread chaser through the bolt holes.

You don’t have to do this modification I describe but I feel it works better this way. Another member of this board posted how he did tge same thing is why I did it.

 

[oldnslo]

I just left the bolts out on mine since I wanted them to pivot like the ball end allows. Had them on the BX and now the 2400H.

 

[newbury]

I've got them but they fit some implements, not others. Didn't work well with my box blade. Made it a lot easier on the things they fit. A good concrete pad helps also.

 

[dodge man]

I guess I’m confused how they don’t fit some implements. Can someone tell me why?

 

[John0829]

I have had mine for a few years now and would not be without them. I have no problem hooking any of my implements and I don't any two are the same in 3 point hitch dimensions

 

[jfsawatzky]

The biggest advantage is that they should fit implements that have different widths between the pins as opposed to a quick hitch where the distance is fixed… so you are limited to a small range of implements whereas with pats you have a larger range of implements. Not a big issue for you with the one you have right now but later it can be.
One issue I found is the pats is not straight up the the ground … mine tend to rotate some but I believe that’s the arm that rotating.

 

[yanmars]

I think he has them on sale once a year about this time.

 

[garry1p]

Love my Pat's, I have had no problems connecting to any of my implements.
Like someone said it come's with a bar that you can use to hold the arms in a fixed position, I only use it with my box blade to make hook up quicker..

I did add a 6" PTO extender for around $35 and it makes it easier to hook up the PTO but did nor have to have it.

 

[newbury]

As far as the bar is concerned - when I bought mine the bar was extra. I just used rubber bands and a dowel to hold the arms apart, took it off when hooked up (the few times I did it).

 

[CalG]

I guess I’m confused how they don’t fit some implements. Can someone tell me why?

Well,

I have a carry all that was purchased at the Farm store as a bare welded frame. After the frame was decked and walled up with wood, there is scant room to get the Pat's lifting ends onto the pins.
A couple minutes with the disc sander on the wooden board made a big improvement in clearance.

The McKissick chipper shredder is fitted with back side welded on pins without any sort of shoulder. The pins are shorter than most Cat 1 pins for some reason. (Save 1/2 inch or bar stock on every unit made I suppose )
The Pats are a fight to fit. I don't use the washers because. It works, but....

They are still better than bare lift arms! for me.

eta

You might need a longer top link too! ;-)

 

[hslogger]

I have one of Pats’ early editions that is welded and non-cast iron. My implements are of different eras and varied hookup widths. I did purchase the spreader bar and also a longer top link arm. I would buy this set up again.. I have extra washers of theirs and keep them mounted on the implements . I also keep spares in the toolbox.

 

[RayIN]

I've looked into them but they will not fit my cat 2 lift arms.
I have cat 2 lift arms but with cat 1 swivel balls to use my cat 1 implements.

 

[ptsg]

I'm a big fan of this. The Euro Hooks. Honestly, about the only type of quick hitch worth getting. It just works every time. No frames in the way, doesn't extend the arms any further, retains the ball joint that is super important on the 3 pt, lasts pretty much a lifetime.