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"Alignment of the tractor to the equipment is still an issue, but being able to drop the lower hitch arms and pick up the implement is nice. I'll have to make a couple of minor adjustments to get the system aligned properly - adjustment of the four set screws should take just a few minutes."
Use of the stabilizer arm Pat sells...or a home made version (as at least one TBNer has done) might make this task a bit easier.
Personally, I've found just getting pretty close with the links just lower then the implement pins works pretty well. If one just creeps back, the links tend to ride around the (implement) pin supports. Then, just raising the links finishes the job.
The only implement that really gave me grief was the rotary cutter. It normally took 20 minutes, levering, swearing and using even more abusive language to rig it to the tractor.
This system makes it much quicker and easier, but you do need to make sure the implement is on fairly level ground when you hitch it up.
Also, when you're ready to drop that implement, I've found it's best to raise the lower links (once the PTO and upper link are disconnected) a few inches to release the locking latches.
Although the instructions were vague, I had no trouble installing the units to the links. I did add lock washers to the set screw jam nuts however.