greg_g
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- JD3720 Cab, 300X loader with 4-in-1 bucket
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Homier hitch:
There is a standard for quick hitch configuration. The standard for Cat I hitch calls for pins that are CAT III diameter. ...The Chinese for some reason decided that the standard did not apply to them, so their hitch does not meet the standard. )</font>
You sure you just didn't make up that "standard" based upon the way your SpeeCo is configured? Perhaps you didn't know that SpeeCo makes three sizes, Homier sells only the one. And the Homier I bought WAS a standard Cat1/2; meaning
1. it had 26" lower hook spacing, standard industry Cat 1
2. it had 3/4" lift pins that went through the tractor Cat 1 lower lift arm swivel balls
3. it had 3/4" pin holes for the tractor Cat 1 toplink.
The Homier hitch itself had Cat 2 hooks - top and bottom (thus the classification as a Cat 1/2). Took nothing more complicated than some $0.79 Cat 1/2 adapter bushings.
It was a good sturdy hitch, nothing "non-standard" about it. As with many other quick hitches, I also had to buy aftermarket floating toplink brackets to accommodate "non-standard" implements. If I hadn't gone to a bigger tractor, I'd never have sold my Homier Quick Hitch.
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There is a standard for quick hitch configuration. The standard for Cat I hitch calls for pins that are CAT III diameter. ...The Chinese for some reason decided that the standard did not apply to them, so their hitch does not meet the standard. )</font>
You sure you just didn't make up that "standard" based upon the way your SpeeCo is configured? Perhaps you didn't know that SpeeCo makes three sizes, Homier sells only the one. And the Homier I bought WAS a standard Cat1/2; meaning
1. it had 26" lower hook spacing, standard industry Cat 1
2. it had 3/4" lift pins that went through the tractor Cat 1 lower lift arm swivel balls
3. it had 3/4" pin holes for the tractor Cat 1 toplink.
The Homier hitch itself had Cat 2 hooks - top and bottom (thus the classification as a Cat 1/2). Took nothing more complicated than some $0.79 Cat 1/2 adapter bushings.
It was a good sturdy hitch, nothing "non-standard" about it. As with many other quick hitches, I also had to buy aftermarket floating toplink brackets to accommodate "non-standard" implements. If I hadn't gone to a bigger tractor, I'd never have sold my Homier Quick Hitch.
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