Quick hitch with chain top link? LX2620

[FlyFishn]

All,

I am considering getting a quick hitch. I am going to need to be able to swap 3 point equipment more regularly. Fighting with getting the draft arms lined up with the pins is a real PITA and a time waste.

My question is with the top link. I had to take my top link out and replace it with a chain on our brush hog. The articulation in the original set up with rigid top link didnt allow the brush hog to float enough. When the brush hog and tractor would pitch up the top link would jam. The chain prevents that.

I dont know how the set up is going to work with a quick hitch? Is there a way to only use the lower 2 points for the pins?

Ideas?

 

[California]

I tighten the existing top link to tilt the QH forward. Then tilt the top hook upward so it isn't in the way (removable pins). Then use a loop of chain around the top of the QH and the top of the bush hog. This provides the slack for uneven ground.

The same loop of chain is used when the mower is detached, to hold the driveline horizontal, out of the dirt, and ready for the next hookup.

 

[California]

I originally posted this to show temporary ballast.

But it illustrates the removable pins I recommend with any quick hitch. They make it simple to tip the hook up, out of the way of the brush hog mast.