%$#^&*(* HF rear hitch

[Chuckanut]

THANK YOU!

I was thinking of getting a HF Quick 3 pt hitch adaptor because they were on $70 but I think I will wait and get Pats easy change, once I have some extra cash saved up. HA.

Chuckanut

 

[sellercreek]

I understand the concept and think I would have a Quick Hitch of some sort if every implement fit the same. One of the things I love about my Kubota is the telescoping 3ph arms. Until they standardize the way 3ph implements fit I will stick to the telescoping arms. Everything fits. Just get close and your home free. IMHO this should be a standard feature on all tractors.

I agree. The quick hitch racket may be more of a problem than a solution. I use a post hole digger, disk, disk mower, round bale unroller, fertilizer spreader, and tractor blade on my Mahindra and Ford 2910 and don't have trouble hooking them up on either tractor. Swinging arms, telescoping arms, and the height adjustment on the arms gives plenty of room to maneuver.

 

[jgrreed]

As I read others experiences on here it kinda makes me laugh. It seems that I'm not the only one who was really excited to get home after work, and try and get a new (or at least new to me) implement X attached and running, only to find oneself standing there, 2 hours later, with the sun setting, a bunch of wrenches and a side grinder laying around, a lost nut, washer or both, and not a single inch of dirt moved, grass mowed, or fertilizer spread!!!! All the while thinking "but it works so well on my ballast box," and "ASAE, thanks for nothin'!!!"

These QH's are an obsession, somehow linked to the Colonel's Chicken AND David Koresh......

-J.

 

[kennyd]

Yep, its not the hitch, its the implements. There is no standard so things are all over the place. I have a Ford bush hog, Caroni finish mower, Woods back blade, and other implements none are the same.

Chris

There IS a ASAE standard for CAT1 3PH implements, but very few manufacturers follow them>

Look HERE

 

[have_blue]

I find this rather funny just because these quick hitches are suppose to make things easier but it seems like they are creating more work

Oh and I just use the 3pt and find it works with everything I got with no problems.

I agree. I don't know if you're talking about all hitches or just the HF. I'm talking about all of them. I think they're more trouble than they're worth. The several I've tried to use didn't fit exactly right and didn't really save time even if they did.

 

[TomWhite]

You can add me to the list of people frustrated by the HF/Speeco/Homier supposed quick hitchs. I bought one at a Homier sale and it fits nothing. The lower arms are only about 26+ inches apart (didn't take a measuring tape with me when I bought it). I called and emailed Homier multiple times after I bought it, and again recently. The feeling I get from them is "Well, too bad. We've got your money, and don't give a rodent's hind quarter." The least helpful people I have ever dealt with.

 

[Kfbeal]

When we farmed we use all Cat III equipment and I just moved adjustments on each equipment to fit. Well our JD 260 disc mower was Cat II or Cat I so that didn't work. It just seems no matter what you do, you will have to take it off for something.

I purchase a Cat I QH from TSC only to realize it wouldn't fit my JD disc mower safely on the Cat I side. All other equipment is Cat I, supposedly although nothing really fits. I just took the QH back because it was more of a pain than useful.

If you can standardize all your equipment that's fine, but the manufacturers should do that for you. IMO, it makes them sell easier.

 

[Runner]

"Quote:
Originally Posted by Runner
Yeah, it ain't pretty, but it works.

Not with a PTO it won't....."

Yeah, that's true. If I were buying another PTO operated attachment, I'd just be sure to get a Frontier or some brand that was iMatch compatible out of the box.

 

[JB4310]

I'm still for QH's, Once you get everything set up it's great and worth the initial modding effort. just had alot of trouble with the HF one. I didn't have that problem of it being to narrow, that would have really flipped me out and would have probably returned it.

This whole HF thing is new to me as we just got our first local store a couple of months ago. the grand opening was like a Red Neck New Years Eve Party

JB.

 

[Runner]

"Then the upper J-hook had to be cut on a bridgeport (still had some credit from my buddy after I gave him a bottle of Gray Goose for other machine work he did for me) to fit the 1.25" top link bushings, then those bolts were the icing on the cake, "

JB,

I'm curious, why did you have to use a different method to open up the top hook on the HF QH? Was there a reason you couldn't just grind on it like you did the lower hooks?

 

[JB4310]

"Then the upper J-hook had to be cut on a bridgeport (still had some credit from my buddy after I gave him a bottle of Gray Goose for other machine work he did for me) to fit the 1.25" top link bushings, then those bolts were the icing on the cake, "

JB,

I'm curious, why did you have to use a different method to open up the top hook on the HF QH? Was there a reason you couldn't just grind on it like you did the lower hooks?

It was to deep to get my grinder into.

 

[Runner]

OK, I get it.

Although my primary quick hitch on the rear of the machine is an iMatch, I bought a cheapie from HF that I'm planning on using with a quick-attach frame for my front loader that will accept a quick hitch.

So, I bought a HF cheapie to use for that purpose, however, all my attachments are bushed up to CAT 2, so I'll need to open the hooks up (or remove the bushings every time I want to move an attachment around with the front loader, which would be a pain).

I was planning on using a 9 inch angle grinder to open them up.

 

[JB4310]

Better to grind them open than change the bushings every time, with a 9" you may be able to get down in that top hook, not sure of the size of my big grinder but it's not 9"
JB

 

[foggy1111]

OK, I get it.

Although my primary quick hitch on the rear of the machine is an iMatch, I bought a cheapie from HF that I'm planning on using with a quick-attach frame for my front loader that will accept a quick hitch.

So, I bought a HF cheapie to use for that purpose, however, all my attachments are bushed up to CAT 2, so I'll need to open the hooks up (or remove the bushings every time I want to move an attachment around with the front loader, which would be a pain).

I was planning on using a 9 inch angle grinder to open them up.

My HF quick hitch came the lower links which were properly sized for Cat 2 diameter pins, and all is ok with that part of it....but the guides on either side of the "locking wedge" (3/16" steel) needed to be ground away to allow clearance with the pin boss's. Not sure, but it seems different folks have different problems with 'em depending on what they feel like building at the time and depending on what the implement manufacturer provides. The top link for mine came unexpectedly today (45 days before they told me they would ship it) and with a little fitting just maybe I will get this re-engineered to work on an occasional basis.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

So, I bought a HF cheapie to use for that purpose, however, all my attachments are bushed up to CAT 2, so I'll need to open the hooks up

The JD Standard for the pin links on the iMatch is actually CatIII...and the HF Hitch is CatII Link pin sized...

Agreed, I'd open up the HF Hitch to the JD/True SAE Specs...

The whole point of a Specification is to avoid this exact issue..dunno why some companies try to "go out on a limb" and try to reinvent the wheel...

 

[2manyrocks]

Forget where my supposed quick hitch came from, but I sold it in a farm equipment auction a couple of years ago and haven't missed it.

"Rodent's hind quarter"--that's a good one, TomWhite.

 

[MacLawn]

Yep, me too; done with so-called "quick hitches"!! Done, I tell ye, done! To me, if the thing doesn't work, I don't want it. And, it must work will ALL my very few attachments. As far as the Pat's - no way am I paying $180 for that thing! It appears that it might work becaues it allows the bottom arms to still swing in/out for adjustment, but I have gotten pretty good at hooking things up now. Right, my quick hitch is holding my firewood rack up - by leaning up against it!

I just put it up for sale today, right before I read this post. It's listed cheap!

In my opinion, you would be better to just pour a small level concrete pad to use to back the tractor on, thus, at least alleviating the problem of uneven ground (hmmmm, I think I'll follow my own advice on this one!).

 

[ninefinger]

As with most of you that are using the QH I did a little grinding on the QH and a little adjusting on a couple of implements and now I am happy with it. I do fully understand the frustration these things can cause but once you get all things right it is a nice unit. I do not buy any implement without taking good measurements now.