Harbor Freight 3-point quick hitch

[SPYDERLK]

dholly. Grinding the lift balls would work. This will allow less ball swivel than was originally provided. Im just not willing to modify my tractor to fit the implement - particularly when the mod would compromise the tractor rather than improving it.
Larry

 

[dholly]

I can appreciate that Larry. Personally, and I may be all wet here, but a total of 1/16" off each lift ball side just doesn't strike me as a serious operational concern. Sounds more like normal wear tolerances to me. Cie la vie, I need the gloves! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

P.S. "This will allow less ball swivel than was originally provided." Hmm, you sure you don't have that backwards?

 

[dholly]

I can appreciate that Larry. Personally, and I may be all wet here, but a total of 1/16" off each lift ball side just doesn't strike me as a serious operational concern. Sounds more like normal wear tolerances to me. Cie la vie, I need the gloves! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

P.S. "This will allow less ball swivel than was originally provided." Hmm, you sure you don't have that backwards?

 

[Brad_Blazer]

I have the Homier version. I just used a couple of crow bars to pry the slots open far enough to accept the lift arm balls. Some of my attachments don't have clearance under the upper pin to employ the hook so I have to adjust the top link in, hook the lower pins, adjust the top link out and insert the top pin. My lower pin adapters consist of a cat 1-2 bushing followed by a 3/4" washer followed by a lynch pin.
I paid $99 for mine, felt good about it when Homier raised their price to $129, now not so good when HF is selling them for $70. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Brad

 

[Brad_Blazer]

I have the Homier version. I just used a couple of crow bars to pry the slots open far enough to accept the lift arm balls. Some of my attachments don't have clearance under the upper pin to employ the hook so I have to adjust the top link in, hook the lower pins, adjust the top link out and insert the top pin. My lower pin adapters consist of a cat 1-2 bushing followed by a 3/4" washer followed by a lynch pin.
I paid $99 for mine, felt good about it when Homier raised their price to $129, now not so good when HF is selling them for $70. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Brad

 

[dillo99]

Just ordered mine - too good of a deal to pass up and I can ALWAYS use the gloves!

Thanks for bring this to my attention.

Mike

 

[dillo99]

Just ordered mine - too good of a deal to pass up and I can ALWAYS use the gloves!

Thanks for bring this to my attention.

Mike

 

[ToddW]

Ok, I ordered mine as well. As others have stated, "I can always use the gloves" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ToddW]

Ok, I ordered mine as well. As others have stated, "I can always use the gloves" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[npaden]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I got one. Quality is ok for the price, but you will have to modify it to fit a cat 1. The slots for the lift arms are only 1-1/4" wide and cat 1s require 1-3/8. I called HF and got a discount. I suspect the price will continue downward.
Larry)</font>

I've been worried about this since you posted. I really didn't want to do a lot of modifications to get mine to fit.

I just got my quick hitch in this morning and pulled it out of the box and measured the slot. It is 1 3/8". Maybe they got this batch right!

It looks pretty heavy duty to me. It does say it is good for tractors up to 45hp. The toplink setup seems like it is a little to much of a one size fits all situation, it in the instructions it shows an adapter bracket to be used if the top link doesn't match up. It looks like it has about 6" of up and down the way it is but you will have to undo 2 bolts to move it up and down.

Overall for the price and how cheap shipping was I think it will work!

 

[npaden]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I got one. Quality is ok for the price, but you will have to modify it to fit a cat 1. The slots for the lift arms are only 1-1/4" wide and cat 1s require 1-3/8. I called HF and got a discount. I suspect the price will continue downward.
Larry)</font>

I've been worried about this since you posted. I really didn't want to do a lot of modifications to get mine to fit.

I just got my quick hitch in this morning and pulled it out of the box and measured the slot. It is 1 3/8". Maybe they got this batch right!

It looks pretty heavy duty to me. It does say it is good for tractors up to 45hp. The toplink setup seems like it is a little to much of a one size fits all situation, it in the instructions it shows an adapter bracket to be used if the top link doesn't match up. It looks like it has about 6" of up and down the way it is but you will have to undo 2 bolts to move it up and down.

Overall for the price and how cheap shipping was I think it will work!

 

[kossetx]

I got my gloves last week, but no hitch. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I hope it's on its way.

 

[kossetx]

I got my gloves last week, but no hitch. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I hope it's on its way.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Thanks for posting the dimension on the hitch you just got. I knew the dimension problem mine exhibits would bite them bad, and I suspected it would be fixed fairly quickly. I held off modifying mine on this expectation. I am going to call them tomorrow and tell them to come pick it up and ship me an item that fits as advertised. With a little luck they will abandon it and ship me new. Its not worth enuff to them to pay for its return, and it is my experience that they do take responsibility for their products. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Larry

 

[SPYDERLK]

Thanks for posting the dimension on the hitch you just got. I knew the dimension problem mine exhibits would bite them bad, and I suspected it would be fixed fairly quickly. I held off modifying mine on this expectation. I am going to call them tomorrow and tell them to come pick it up and ship me an item that fits as advertised. With a little luck they will abandon it and ship me new. Its not worth enuff to them to pay for its return, and it is my experience that they do take responsibility for their products. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Larry

 

[npaden]

Okay, I took some pictures tonight and will post them. I resized them and put them on low quality so they shouldn't be too big to load even for dial up folks.

The hydraulic oil puddle is from a leak on a fitting on my loader the other day so please ignore that. I didn't feel like moving the tractor to a clean cement area just to take pictures.

It went on pretty easy. Probably about 15 minutes total time by myself. I double checked all my implements and it should work for all of them except maybe my larger disc that was setup as a cat 2 originally.

It seems pretty heavy duty and overall I think it is well worth the $69.99.

Now for the pictures. I won't win any photography awards but you can get the general idea.

This closeup picture of the toplink is pretty blurry but you can still get the general idea.

FWIW, Nathan

 

[npaden]

Okay, I took some pictures tonight and will post them. I resized them and put them on low quality so they shouldn't be too big to load even for dial up folks.

The hydraulic oil puddle is from a leak on a fitting on my loader the other day so please ignore that. I didn't feel like moving the tractor to a clean cement area just to take pictures.

It went on pretty easy. Probably about 15 minutes total time by myself. I double checked all my implements and it should work for all of them except maybe my larger disc that was setup as a cat 2 originally.

It seems pretty heavy duty and overall I think it is well worth the $69.99.

Now for the pictures. I won't win any photography awards but you can get the general idea.

This closeup picture of the toplink is pretty blurry but you can still get the general idea.

FWIW, Nathan

 

[BamaRob]

Based on your photos and review, I've just placed my order. Hard to beat a quick hitch + 6 pair of leather gloves for less than $75.00! I look forward to getting it, now.

Thanks,

BR

 

[BamaRob]

Based on your photos and review, I've just placed my order. Hard to beat a quick hitch + 6 pair of leather gloves for less than $75.00! I look forward to getting it, now.

Thanks,

BR

 

[shvl73]

Thanks for the pics. I hope mine shows up soon. I check online and it was shipped back in May. No tracking info yet.