Painted iMatch Quick Hitch Installed on Kubota

PapaPerk · Oct 30, 2011

Finally finished up my John Deere quick hitch project. It's attached on my L3830 Kubota. You may recall I bought the hitch from the Deere dealer at a reduced price. Had been outside for a year.

Since Deere green and Kubota Orange clash something fierce I painted the hitch gloss black. And also installed a factory fresh decal to keep things "original". :thumbsup:

I used the hitch today attached to my 7 year old Woods Brush Bull. Works like a charm!

Luckily the mower can be reconfigured for quick hitch duty. Pays to read the owners manual!!! :laughing:

I've included some pics for you to check out. Now it's time to start on my log skidding attachment!!!

Mpking · Nov 6, 2011

Looks nice!

CompactTractorFan · Nov 6, 2011

Nice, but why did you have to ruin the paint job with a JD sticker?

:laughing:

creekbend · Nov 6, 2011

Good job. Well done. :tractor::welcome:

JB4310 · Nov 7, 2011

PapaPerk said:
Finally finished up my John Deere quick hitch project. It's attached on my L3830 Kubota. You may recall I bought the hitch from the Deere dealer at a reduced price. Had been outside for a year.

Since Deere green and Kubota Orange clash something fierce I painted the hitch gloss black. And also installed a factory fresh decal to keep things "original". :thumbsup:

I used the hitch today attached to my 7 year old Woods Brush Bull. Works like a charm! Luckily the mower can be reconfigured for quick hitch duty. Pays to read the owners manual!!! :laughing:

I've included some pics for you to check out. Now it's time to start on my log skidding attachment!!!

Looks good, but i don't get the need for the sticker.

Are you gonna make a log skidding attachment to fit the QH?

I made a couple of mods to my QH.

JB.

mcd176 · Nov 7, 2011

Looks nice!

How big is your Brush cutter? Looks huge on your machine.

Rockgod · Nov 7, 2011

CompactTractorFan said:
Nice, but why did you have to ruin the paint job with a JD sticker? :laughing:

He's keeping it real!

CompactTractorFan · Nov 9, 2011

Rockgod said:
He's keeping it real!

:thumbdown:

Wayne_H · Nov 9, 2011

I would have painted the mower green and put a kubota sticker on it!

PapaPerk · Nov 10, 2011

JB4310 said:
Looks good, but i don't get the need for the sticker.

Are you gonna make a log skidding attachment to fit the QH?

I made a couple of mods to my QH.

JB.

The sticker tops it off... it's a John Deere product and I want to note that. :thumbsup:

Yes the skidding attachment will the the QH.

Nice mods! :thumbsup:

PapaPerk · Nov 10, 2011

mcd176 said:
Looks nice!

How big is your Brush cutter? Looks huge on your machine.

Its a 6 footer. It looks larger in the pic than it is.

PapaPerk · Nov 10, 2011

JB4310 said:
Looks good, but i don't get the need for the sticker.

Are you gonna make a log skidding attachment to fit the QH?

I made a couple of mods to my QH.

JB.

Do you get any deflection in the QH when you attach it to a trailer with your add-on receiver hitch?

JB4310 · Nov 11, 2011

PapaPerk said:
Do you get any deflection in the QH when you attach it to a trailer with your add-on receiver hitch?

Not sure what you mean, side to side movement?

I keep my side sway to the minimum, so not alot of side to side movement.

You do have to be aware of uncontrolled 3pt rise from towing with 3pt, like from backing up a hill or braking down a hill, or dumping a heavy trailer etc.
For that I use a chain from the QH to the draw bar.

JB

JB4310 · Nov 11, 2011

PapaPerk said:
The sticker tops it off... it's a John Deere product and I want to note that. :thumbsup:

Yes the skidding attachment will the the QH.

Nice mods! :thumbsup:

I use a dedicated 3pt receiver for pulling heavier loads, because I don't want to pull to hard on the top link, which is where the modded hitch wants to pull from.

But for trailer jockying or pull smaller loads the QH hitch is great, able to lift higher off the ground.

JB.

PapaPerk · Jan 16, 2015

Going to bring this thread back alive since folks are asking about quick hitches. ttt

wmonroe · Jan 17, 2015

I've never used a quick hitch but since it puts the implement a few inches farther back do you have any issues with pto shafts getting close to being too short?

PapaPerk · Jan 17, 2015

wmonroe said:
I've never used a quick hitch but since it puts the implement a few inches farther back do you have any issues with pto shafts getting close to being too short?

Yes if they are close already it may cause issues. I had to extend the shaft tube on my tiller.