Quick Hitch and Drawbar

[MikeR 2018]

I ordered a Quick Hitch with my new Kioti CK2610 - my first tractor. I have a small trailer that I will occasionally pull with the drawbar. I am curious, will I have to remove the Quick Hitch to attach the trailer tongue to the drawbar, or can I raise the empty QH up high enough to be out of the way?

 

[bcp]

You may have conflict between the quick hitch and trailer tongue or jack during turns.

My tractor has a receiver on the drawbar, so I put in an extension which moves the ball back under the quick hitch.

Most here probably use a "trailer mover" in the quick hitch.

Bruce

 

[ovrszd]

Simply raise the 3pt to get the QH out of the way. I never remove the QH on my Kubota.

With that said, a handy addition is a hitch adapter. They were originally made to hook to the 3pt and offer a receiver hitch to be used as a drawbar. Very handy with a trailer ball hitch installed to move a trailer withou getting off the tractor. They can also be attached to your QH. Gives you a drawbar that can be raised/lowered.

Congrats on your new tractor!

 

[ovrszd]

Bruce beat me to it with pics!!! Thanks Bruce!!!

 

[MikeR 2018]

Thanks for both answers. Sounds like either way - I'll be able to do it ok.

 

[ovrszd]

Yep. You don't need to buy the hitch adapter right away. After awhile you'll better appreciate the advantages. If your situation doesn't require it, money saved. Win win.

 

[WranglerX]

Trailer tongue should not conflict with Quick Hitch any more than trailer tongue would behind small garden tractor to a big PU truck.... My QH hitch on SCUT goes up to 24 inches off ground at pins (whole machine is really low) Most trailers are designed with a working hitch height abound 18 inches (my 16 foot car carrier sits level with a 17 inch ball height) .....Just get 3 PT receiver hitch, you will probably find it has more uses than just dragging around trailer... There are many "tools" that will (or can be made to) work with receiver hitch and 3PT QH...

Dale

 

[Wagtail]

Simply raise the 3pt to get the QH out of the way.

Congrats on your new tractor!

X2. Plenty of room.

 

[California]

I tow from a cross-drawbar installed on the qhitch. One advantage is I can lift the trailer tongue with the hydraulics, to help dump it or to put a cinderblock under the tongue for parking. Also, I can alter the front to back level of my watering trailer to keep its internal pump submerged on steep ground.

Here are a couple of photos. They aren't quite on-topic, you have to visualize the trailer ball at the middle of the crossbar.

 

[MikeR 2018]

Some great sounding ideas. Thanks. I think I will put the trailer hitch on my wish list, but it is good to know that I do not need it right away.