Quick Hitches Quick Hitch from TSC

[Hoeman00]

I made a new top hook on my mill because of the slot being to
close to the quick-tach.
I also cut down on the height of the slotted pc. so it took care of most of my problems.
Mosey do u see the 2 flat plates that are thru the top link pin?
These flip back after u take the hook off and your attachment
top link pin goes thru it.
It swings up and down for adjustment but u have to get off to do it.
I hope I don't have u really confused now /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
JerryT was talking about having to buy $18 lower adapters.

 

[jhburke]

I have the TSC quick hitch also. I had to adapt about all of my equipment to fit mainly the top hitch. Still better than without the quick hitch. I bought 3 sets of the lower pin adapters before I found the tube bushing at my local Big R store. They cost under 4.00 each. They work equally well.

 

[JRP]

The top hook and the bottom hooks are CAT III size.

Use a CATI to CAT II and a CAT II to CAT III top bushing.
Use two CATI to CAT II and two CAT II to CAT III lower bushings.

It toop work on all of my implements and it was worth it. This week end I stuck in mud my 4WD M6800 with a rear blade on it. I raised the blade, operated the two levers from the seat, lowered and disconnected the blade, and drove out. No mud on my boots!.

I suggest throw away the top adapter, set the top hook to the 15" SAE CAT I quich hitch 3pt standard, and fix your implements to fit this.

I hope to post pictures soon.

jrpoux

 

[WCarlson]

I have the TSC Quick Hitch and I haven't found it necessary to break out the torch and make significant modifications to t implements in order to have them work with the Quick hitch. I have been very successful in using either anchor shackles or other heavy duty "stretchers" (such as chain and quick links) to hook up 3ph implements when I have an incompatability between the quick hitch upper connection point and the implement. However, toplink adjustment is normally required.

Bill

 

[Casimir]

jrpoux: <font color="blue"> "I suggest throw away the top adapter, set the top hook to the 15" SAE CAT I quich hitch 3pt standard, and fix your implements to fit this." </font>

If I had a welder, plasma cutter, torch, chop saw, metal shop and the time, I would agree with you. However, for those of us that are "Welding Challenged" the top adapter is a lifesaver. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JRP]

The quick hitch is great. : /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I do wish I had bought the JD instead of Speeco.

I have not yet but will add (weld) a 3/8" chain hook to the side fof the hitch for lifting and pulling things with 3pt. You might add that task to a list of other welding chores if you ever go visit a welding shop or a handy neighbor.

I work for a chemical company and safety evaluation is always the first thoughts for every decision. Now that mindset comes home. Sometimes whilehooking up implements it is easy to want to leave the engine running. My tractor iis mid sized (68 hp) and every time I get off and back on there is risk of bumping the shifter, or the tractor rolling, or many other ways to get hurt. One real nice thing about a properly set up quick hitch is you can change implements without leaving the seat. Much more safe.

Many people don't realize how risky a task is until after they are hurt.

jrpoux

 

[GlennT]

I've had a Land Pride quick hitch for several years and really appreciate it. I did have to adapt several of my implements to make them work. Regarding the upper hook. When you use a rear scoop, boom pole, cultivator, box blade, regular blade, etc. you need the top hook to be firmly attached to the implement. When you use a finish mower, shredder, disc harrow, etc. there needs to be a flexible connection between the top hook and the implement so that the implement can move up and down and adjust to dips and humps. The pieces of steel that make up the "adapter" provide this flexibility but also permit the implement to be raised and transported. I purchased my quick hitch before an adapter was available so I use a short piece of heavy chain with a clevis. The chain is firmly attached to the top of the quick hitch--not simply looped over the top hook. This works fine. With the quick hitch and dollies for my implements I don't have an aching back and shoulders like I used to have. For me it was well worth the effort and expense. By the way, by having an adjustable upper hook I was able to place it in the position appropriate for most of my implements. If it hadn't been adjustable, I would have had to adapt a few more implements to make them work with the hitch. In my case, I found that it was best to have the bottom of the recess on the hook 18 inches above a line between the two bottom pins.

 

[Mosey]

I went to TSC today and looked at their quick hitch. I measured it so I can see how much I'd have to modify my implements for it to work.

One thing I don't understand is why the cat 1 quick hitch wasn't designed so that it would fit cat 1 standard 7/8" hitch pins instead of requiring the bushings. Has anyone tried building up the insides of the bottom hooks by welding inside of them to make them fit 7/8" pins? That way the bushing adapters wouldn't be needed.

 

[JimMc]

The Cat 1 implement standard is for 7/8" pins, but the Cat quick hitch standard requires the use of a Cat 1 to Cat 2 adapter bushing, presumably to allow the use of a bushing with a ball or flange on the end of it to keep the hitch from slipping off the end. But I find my self asking if the implement is built to Cat 1 spacing and the hitch is built to Cat 1 spacing, wouldn't the implement itself keep the hitch from sliding off sideways? But, I digress. The short answer is the Land Pride, I-Match, and Speeco(TSC) hitches use the Cat 1 quick hitch standard to determine bottom and top hook sizes. You can use either the "expensive"(I don't know that <$15 per set is all that much) quick hitch bushings with the pin-on flanges or you can take the cheap route (like me) and just use a $1 each straight bushing adapter.

 

[Loges1]

I'm in the process of building my own quick hitch. The width and top to bottom hook spacings are cat 1 standards, but the hooks are sized for cat 2 pins. 1 1/8" bottom and 1" top. That was more by accident than design /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif. I bought the $1 bushings for the implement pins. I like the cheap route /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. While I was at the farm supply store I found what they called clevis pins, 1/2" dia. x 1" long. They will drive right into the linch pin holes in the bottom pins and hold the bushings on. Being only 1" long they won't stick out past the bushings after a few seconds of grinder work