Using Pat's Easy Change

[Beltman60]

Roy

and lets not forget about a busted finder or two over the years

 

[DennisArrow]

Got my Pat's hitch system yesterday via UPS. Gonna try to get around to installing it today I hope and will try to post some thoughts. I talked with the folks at Pat's about if it would fit my B7610 and work with my Landpride finish mower that has, to me a different kind of pin system. Anyway, the folk's over there were totally great and informative and you guy's totally give me the impression that I haven't gone wrong..........WE SHALL SEE........God bless............Dennis

 

[WaxMan]

The first ones in the picture looks real nice, like a forged one piece.
The ones in the video and other pictures look more fabricated, which one do you get?
I take it the video is the older model?
Which one did you just receive?





Pat's Easy Change System - TractorByNet.com Store

 

[Beltman60]

I believe the video is older
You will probably get the ones shown that are now casted
either will work just as well

 

[DennisArrow]

The one I got is definately cast. I have read in several threads about the instructions are less than adequate. Yes, I agree; but a bit of mechanical common sense gets the job done. The only real problem I had was the alignment of the devices on the arms. The instructions say to make them paralell with the hitch arms.......They do NOT say in what plane. For me, what I ended up doing, as the original attachment by me was not lined up with the implement pins, was to hook up and implement and then.........work with the lock/set bolts and a pipe wrench for leverage to get the jaw of the device at as close to 90 degrees with the implement........THEN.......the thing was a cinch.........FANTASTIC

My wife, sitting on the tractor, is able to do the simple reverse, line up the arms/jaws with the implement, raise the arms up to engage the hook with the pins, engage the lock, hook up the top link, and OFF YOU GO.........EASY PEASY as they say

Unhooking is just the revers............WOW what a deal this is........Major pain in the tail is over and done. Now I just need to set the distances on the stabilizer bar with some marking for the different implement widths and it's over......PERHAP 2 hours at the most, with the extra adjusting I had to do to get the hitches aligned properly on the arms............Great device..............God bless............Dennis

 

[ovrszd]

Yep Dennis, coming from a tractor without extendable lower links, it's a whole new World isn't it!!!!! :thumbsup:

It's the same quantum leap from Pat's to a QH.

 

[RoyJackson]

It's the same quantum leap from Pat's to a QH.

I wouldn't say "quantum leap" or even close to that.
Pat's System does fit any implement. Quick Hitches do not fit all implements, including some that were advertised as "quick hitch compatible". And, one does have to dismount the tractor to hook up the PTO drive shaft.

 

[ovrszd]

I wouldn't say "quantum leap" or even close to that.
Pat's System does fit any implement. Quick Hitches do not fit all implements, including some that were advertised as "quick hitch compatible". And, one does have to dismount the tractor to hook up the PTO drive shaft.

Pat's easily cuts hookup time in half. I'd consider that a Quantum Leap wouldn't you Roy??

 

[RoyJackson]

Pat's easily cuts hookup time in half. I'd consider that a Quantum Leap wouldn't you Roy??

That was actually a response to your comment "It's the same quantum leap from Pat's to a QH".
No doubt, Pat's Easy Change is a "quantum leap" from using just the lower links. Anyone who has hooked up any implement without wheels can attest to that.
But going from the Pat's Easy Change to a Quick Hitch isn't that much of an improvement...again, IMHO.

 

[ovrszd]

Roy, do you have a QH with attachments setup to use it??