Not to Brag, but...

[Lavender Valley]

I have a quick hitch, and the tractor has a hydraulic tilt and top hitch. I have modified all 8 attachments to suit the quick hitch, so it only takes a minute to hook up to the tractor, then it's just the ones with PTO and hydraulic to connect.

 

[JLinOK]

Got my bush mower hooked up in record time. Like 10 minutes total.

That's a record for me.

Somebody stole my quick hitch. Now it takes me 10 minutes just to try and talk myself out of trying to hook it up.

 

[WinterDeere]

Somebody stole my quick hitch.

And they didn't want the tractor?!?

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Maybe the crackhead had a repurpose for it...

 

[airbiscuit]

My brother but a couple of lamps out on their yard with a sign FREE. They watched as a car pulled up, they walked up to the lamps, took out the light bulbs and left. His wife said "I guess they didn't think much of our lamps".

 

[TractorGunn]

Somebody stole my quick hitch. Now it takes me 10 minutes just to try and talk myself out of trying to hook it up.

I hear you, LOL!!!

 

[walnutman]

Funny I have a Lane Shark which is a shredder that mounts on the FEL and has multiple positions. It runs off the tractor hydraulics. Has a hydro motor. I'm not a seasoned implement changer and did not know that if you disconnect your stuff when there is line pressure at the couplings, when you go to re-connect, the pressure will not allow you to get the coupling to seat.

At the job site I'm looking it up on my phone. Fortunately I was by myself or it may have been a bit embarassing.

The answer I got was to crack the suspect line fitting with a wrench to release the pressure. That's after actuating all the controls so everything was settled.

I had a large adjustable wrench but found it easier to simply wack the end of the coupling with the handle of the wrench. This wrench had plastic coating so it can't damage the coupling.
The male has an exposed pin. Tapping it briskly a few times released the pressure.

Hooked up easily then. The key is to have the pressure off before disconnecting.

 

[WinterDeere]

I had a large adjustable wrench but found it easier to simply wack the end of the coupling with the handle of the wrench.

This almost always works, but can be varying degrees of messy, and in cases where pressure is very high or coupling large, can get more difficult.

They make couplings with a screw plunger in them, designed to relieve this pressure, but I made my own for the cost of an eye bolt + NPT plug + spare coupling. Drill and tap the center of the NPT plug with the thread size of your eye bolt (3/8-16 NC works nicely), and then screw the whole assembly together. Works great!

I used to keep mine hanging on the shed wall, where I change most implements, but lately it's been traveling in the toolbox on the tractor.

The Hydraulic Fight is Over - Hydraulic Coupling Pressure Relief Tool

Quite a few likes and responses for spam-vertising. Check this guy has two posts basically the same. Smh

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[tassmannn]

Funny I have a Lane Shark which is a shredder that mounts on the FEL and has multiple positions. It runs off the tractor hydraulics. Has a hydro motor. I'm not a seasoned implement changer and did not know that if you disconnect your stuff when there is line pressure at the couplings, when you go to re-connect, the pressure will not allow you to get the coupling to seat.

At the job site I'm looking it up on my phone. Fortunately I was by myself or it may have been a bit embarassing.

The answer I got was to crack the suspect line fitting with a wrench to release the pressure. That's after actuating all the controls so everything was settled.

I had a large adjustable wrench but found it easier to simply wack the end of the coupling with the handle of the wrench. This wrench had plastic coating so it can't damage the coupling.
The male has an exposed pin. Tapping it briskly a few times released the pressure.

Hooked up easily then. The key is to have the pressure off before disconnecting.View attachment 3740183View attachment 3740186

I looked at one of those for my JD 5075E, but was told it would tax my Hydraulics, and I needed to get the one that a Hydraulic motor mounted to my pto to run it. Great for Ponds and Firebreaks! I also learned that lesson about the lines with my Grapple. When that happens to me, I crack the T's and it connects right up.

 

[RB5]

I usually have trouble lining up the lower link arms to get them attached. The rest is easy. I sometimes have to pull the mower to move it a slight bit to get the pin into the hole. My mower is a 72" Deere, and I can see some day I won't be able to move it enough when I get really old. Maybe a large pry bar will help. I have gotten much better at lining it up the first time, but the tractor tends to move very slightly when I stop it on unlevel ground to get off and put the pins in. That is where I have issues. When I fist used my old tractor and had to hook up the mower it took me forever. Now I tend to leave the mower attached unless I need the scraper blade for something. Then I leave it attached until I need the mower again. I'm sure I have beat 10 minutes. Sometimes it all just lines up. When I first hooked a mower up years ago 10 minutes would have had me smiling and happy.